Clinical features and treatment of COVID-19 patients in northeast Chongqing.

Abstract

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China (SARS-CoV-2) that began in December 2019 presents a significant and urgent threat to global health. This study was conducted to provide the international community with a deeper understanding of this new infectious disease. Epidemiological, clinical features, laboratory findings, radiological characteristics, treatment, and clinical outcomes of 135 patients in northeast Chongqing were collected and analyzed in this study. A total of 135 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 were enrolled. The median age was 47 years (interquartile range, 36-55), and there was no significant gender difference (53.3% men). The majority of patients had contact with people from the Wuhan area. Forty-three (31.9%) patients had underlying disease, primarily hypertension (13 [9.6%]), diabetes (12 [8.9%]), cardiovascular disease (7 [5.2%]), and malignancy (4 [3.0%]). Common symptoms included fever (120 [88.9%]), cough (102 [76.5%]), and fatigue (44 [32.5%]). Chest computed tomography scans showed bilateral patchy shadows or ground glass opacity in the lungs of all the patients. All patients received antiviral therapy (135 [100%]) (Kaletra and interferon were both used), antibacterial therapy (59 [43.7%]), and corticosteroids (36 [26.7%]). In addition, many patients received traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) (124 [91.8%]). It is suggested that patients should receive Kaletra early and should be treated by a combination of Western and Chinese medicines. Compared to the mild cases, the severe ones had lower lymphocyte counts and higher plasma levels of Pt, APTT, d-dimer, lactate dehydrogenase, PCT, ALB, C-reactive protein, and aspartate aminotransferase. This study demonstrates the clinic features and therapies of 135 COVID-19 patients. Kaletra and TCM played an important role in the treatment of the viral pneumonia. Further studies are required to explore the role of Kaletra and TCM in the treatment of COVID-19.

• Authors: Suxin Wan, Yi Xiang, Wei Fang, Yu Zheng, Boqun Li, Yanjun Hu, Chunhui Lang, Daoqiu Huang, Qiuyan Sun, Yan Xiong, Xia Huang, Jinglong Lv, Yaling Luo, Li Shen, Haoran Yang, Gu Huang, Ruishan Yang
• Journal: Journal of medical virology (J Med Virol) Vol. 92 Issue 7 Pg. 797-806 (07 2020) ISSN: 1096-9071 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 32198776 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Chemical References

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones
• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Antiviral Agents
• Biomarkers
• Drug Combinations
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal
• lopinavir-ritonavir drug combination
• Lopinavir
• Interferons
• Ritonavir

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adrenal Cortex Hormones (therapeutic use)
• Adult
• Aged
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Antiviral Agents (therapeutic use)
• Betacoronavirus (isolation & purification, pathogenicity)
• Biomarkers (blood)
• COVID-19
• COVID-19 Testing
• Cardiovascular Diseases (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
• China
• Clinical Laboratory Techniques (methods)
• Coronavirus Infections (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
• Cough (diagnosis, physiopathology, virology)
• Diabetes Complications (blood, drug therapy)
• Diabetes Mellitus (diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
• Drug Combinations
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal (therapeutic use)
• Fatigue (diagnosis, physiopathology, virology)
• Female
• Fever (diagnosis, physiopathology, virology)
• Humans
• Interferons (therapeutic use)
• Lopinavir (therapeutic use)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Neoplasms (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
• Pandemics
• Pneumonia, Viral (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
• Retrospective Studies
• Ritonavir (therapeutic use)
• SARS-CoV-2
• Severity of Illness Index
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed