Clinical and biochemical indexes from 2019-nCoV infected patients linked to viral loads and lung injury

• Published in: Science China. Life sciences Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 364 - 374
• Main Authors: Liu, Yingxia, Yang, Yang, Zhang, Cong, Huang, Fengming, Wang, Fuxiang, Yuan, Jing, Wang, Zhaoqin, Li, Jinxiu, Li, Jianming, Feng, Cheng, Zhang, Zheng, Wang, Lifei, Peng, Ling, Chen, Li, Qin, Yuhao, Zhao, Dandan, Tan, Shuguang, Yin, Lu, Xu, Jun, Zhou, Congzhao, Jiang, Chengyu, Liu, Lei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Science China Press 01.03.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Angiotensin; Angiotensin II; Angiotensin II - blood; Betacoronavirus - pathogenicity; Biomarkers; Biomarkers - blood; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Blood Chemical Analysis; C-reactive protein; CD8 antigen; Child; Coronavirus Infections - complications; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - pathology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Epidemiology; ErbB-2 protein; Humans; L-Lactate dehydrogenase; Laboratories; Lactic acid; Leukocytes (neutrophilic); Life Sciences; Lung diseases; Lung Injury; Lymphocytes; Lymphopenia; Male; Middle Aged; Patients; Pneumonia, Viral - complications; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - etiology; Pneumonia, Viral - pathology; Research Paper; Respiratory distress syndrome; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - etiology; SARS-CoV-2; Severity of Illness Index; Viral Load; China; Angiotensin II; ARDS; 2019-nCoV

The outbreak of the 2019-nCoV infection began in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province, and rapidly spread to many provinces in China as well as other countries. Here we report the epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics, as well as potential biomarkers for predictin...