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In this retrospective case series of moderately to critically ill patients with confirmed COVID-19 from Wuhan, China, researchers assessed clinical features of who died and those who recovered. From mid-January to mid-February 2020, 799 patients were admitted to Tongji Hospital, which was constructed and designated as a hospital for moderately to critically ill COVID-19 patients. By February 28, 2020, 14% of patients had died, and 20% had recovered and been discharged. Median time from disease onset to death was 16 days.
Deceased patients, compared with patients who recovered, were older (age, 68 vs. 51), more likely to be male (73% vs. 55%), and more likely to have chronic hypertension and cardiovascular disease (48% vs. 14%). Deceased pati…