Rapid shortening of survival duration in early fatal cases of COVID-19, Wuhan, China
Severe COVID-19 cases place immediate pressure on hospital resources. To assess this, we analysed survival duration in the first 39 fatal cases in Wuhan, China. Time from onset and hospitalization to death declined rapidly, from ~40 to 7 days, and ~25 to 4 days, respectively, in the outbreak’s first...
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| author | Yuzhou Zhang Hilary Bambrick Shilu Tong Stephen B Lambert Wenbiao Hu Michael Nevels |
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| description | Severe COVID-19 cases place immediate pressure on hospital resources. To assess this, we analysed survival duration in the first 39 fatal cases in Wuhan, China. Time from onset and hospitalization to death declined rapidly, from ~40 to 7 days, and ~25 to 4 days, respectively, in the outbreak’s first month. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34e6159e1b4c442cabe06620a5f7455d2023-03-09T12:34:18ZengCambridge University PressExperimental Results2516-712X2021-01-01210.1017/exp.2020.73Rapid shortening of survival duration in early fatal cases of COVID-19, Wuhan, ChinaYuzhou Zhang0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0668-8697Hilary Bambrick1Shilu Tong2Stephen B Lambert3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2709-193XWenbiao Hu4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6422-9240Michael Nevels5School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4059, Queensland, AustraliaSchool of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4059, Queensland, AustraliaSchool of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4059, Queensland, Australia Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai200127, ChinaNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra0200, Australian Capital Territory, AustraliaSchool of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4059, Queensland, AustraliaUniversity of St Andrews, Biomolecular Sciences Building, Fife, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, KY16 9STSevere COVID-19 cases place immediate pressure on hospital resources. To assess this, we analysed survival duration in the first 39 fatal cases in Wuhan, China. Time from onset and hospitalization to death declined rapidly, from ~40 to 7 days, and ~25 to 4 days, respectively, in the outbreak’s first month.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2516712X20000738/type/journal_articleCOVID-19survival durationfatal casesWuhan |
| spellingShingle | Yuzhou Zhang Hilary Bambrick Shilu Tong Stephen B Lambert Wenbiao Hu Michael Nevels Rapid shortening of survival duration in early fatal cases of COVID-19, Wuhan, China Experimental Results COVID-19 survival duration fatal cases Wuhan |
| title | Rapid shortening of survival duration in early fatal cases of COVID-19, Wuhan, China |
| title_full | Rapid shortening of survival duration in early fatal cases of COVID-19, Wuhan, China |
| title_fullStr | Rapid shortening of survival duration in early fatal cases of COVID-19, Wuhan, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapid shortening of survival duration in early fatal cases of COVID-19, Wuhan, China |
| title_short | Rapid shortening of survival duration in early fatal cases of COVID-19, Wuhan, China |
| title_sort | rapid shortening of survival duration in early fatal cases of covid 19 wuhan china |
| topic | COVID-19 survival duration fatal cases Wuhan |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2516712X20000738/type/journal_article |
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