Clinical characteristics and outcomes among Brazilian patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection: an observational retrospective study.

Israel Junior Borges do Nascimento Luiz Ricardo Pinto Valéria Alves Fernandes Israel Molina Romero João Antonio de Queiroz Oliveira Milena Soriano Marcolino Maria de Fatima Leite

Published in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2020)

Coughing, fever and dyspnea/respiratory distress with oxygen saturation < 95% were the commonest symptoms. The case-fatality rate was 8.06% and the hospitalization rate, 17.3%.

Keyphrases

respiratory syndrome coronavirus
sars cov
coronavirus disease
cross sectional
depressive symptoms
palliative care
advanced cancer