Clinical characteristics of 54 medical staff with COVID‐19: A retrospective study in a single center in Wuhan, China

Abstract

In December 2019, an outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) infection occurred in Wuhan, and rapidly spread to worldwide, which has attracted many people's concerns about the patients. However, studies on the infection status of medical personnel is still lacking.

Pain Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China: Lessons Learned

“…A report showed that, in some of Wuhan's hospitals, 54 physicians and nurses were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus from late January to March 2020. Of those infected, 22% were working in high-risk departments such as infectious disease and intensive care units, while the majority (78%) worked in departments with less direct exposure to COVID-19 patients [9]. The Red Cross Society of China reported that 35% of infected doctors and nurses nationwide (N ¼ 2,971) worked in high-risk departments and 65% in low-risk departments [10].…”

COVID‐19: Focus on the lungs but do not forget the gastrointestinal tract

“…Increasing number of reports and clinical observations demonstrate that patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 present not only respiratory signs of infection but also diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea or abdominal pain. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] showed ground-glass opacities in CT scan and was afterwards tested positive from nasopharyngeal swab. 22 Interestingly, the first described case of COVID-19 in United…”

“…All rights reserved healthcare workers infected with SARS-CoV-2; this was reported in a retrospective analysis of 54 members of medical staff infected in one of the hospitals in Wuhan. 20 A 27-year-old patient from Vietnam, who had previously been in contact with an infected person, described vomiting and loose stools simultaneously with fever and dry cough before hospital admission. 24 Of note, the alimentary tract manifestation can be the only presentation of SARS-CoV-2 infection.…”

Coronavirus-Pandemie und ihre Auswirkungen auf Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie: Operationen, Risiken und Prävention?

“…Januar und dem 11. Februar 2020 insgesamt 54 Fälle von mit SARS-CoV-2 infiziertem medizinischen Personal aus dem Tongji-Krankenhaus in Wuhan analysiert [4]. Nur 3,7 % des infizierten medizinischen Personals war in der Notaufnahme eingesetzt.…”

“…Labor, Radiologie) und insgesamt 72,2 % der Infizierten aus anderen klinischen Disziplinen. In dieser Studien hatten die schweren Verläufe ein durchschnittliches Alter von 38 Jahren [4].…”