Clinical and CT features of early stage patients with COVID-19: a retrospective analysis of imported cases in Shanghai, China

Shuyi Yang; Yuxin Shi; Hongzhou Lu; Jianqing Xu; Feng Li; Zhiping Qian; Yebin Jiang; Xinyan Hua; Xueting Ding; Fengxiang Song; Jie Shen; Yang Lu; Fei Shan; Zhiyong Zhang

doi:10.1183/13993003.00407-2020

Clinical and CT features of early stage patients with COVID-19: a retrospective analysis of imported cases in Shanghai, China

Eur Respir J. 2020 Apr 30;55(4):2000407. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00407-2020. Print 2020 Apr.

Authors

Shuyi Yang¹, Yuxin Shi¹, Hongzhou Lu², Jianqing Xu^{3

4}, Feng Li⁵, Zhiping Qian⁶, Yebin Jiang⁷, Xinyan Hua¹, Xueting Ding¹, Fengxiang Song¹, Jie Shen¹, Yang Lu¹, Fei Shan^{1

8}, Zhiyong Zhang^{9

10

8}

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Radiology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
² Dept of Infectious Disease, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
³ Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
⁵ Dept of Respiratory, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
⁶ Dept of Severe Hepatopathy, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
⁷ Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁸ F. Shan and Z. Zhang contributed equally to this work.
⁹ Dept of Radiology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China zhyzhang@fudan.edu.cn.
¹⁰ Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Abstract

COVID-19 emerged in Wuhan, China, and threatens public health. The clinical and CT features of early stage patients have not previously been characterised. This study aimed to explore the early stage clinical and CT signs. http://bit.ly/38Tbq08

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
China
Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging*
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Young Adult