Zhou L, Liu H G
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi. 2020 Mar 12;43(3):167-170. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2020.03.003.
In December 2019, the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China, attracting attention worldwidely. The novel coronavirus has the characteristics of rapid transmission, atypical clinical symptoms, and easy to affect both lungs, leading to missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis, as well as difficult to detection and assessment at early stage. Fever, cough, myalgia, weakness, dyspnea and imagings may be helpful for the early detection of novel coronavirus pneumonia. At the same time, the rate of disease progression, fever, CT manifestations, hypoxia degree, age, basic diseases, and laboratory indicators can also be used to evaluate the severity of the novel coronavirus pneumonia.
2019年12月，中国武汉爆发新型冠状病毒（2019-nCoV）疫情，引起了全球关注。新型冠状病毒具有传播迅速、临床症状不典型、易累及双肺等特点，导致漏诊、误诊，且早期难以检测和评估。发热、咳嗽、肌痛、乏力、呼吸困难及影像学表现可能有助于新型冠状病毒肺炎的早期发现。同时，疾病进展速度、发热情况、CT表现、缺氧程度、年龄、基础疾病及实验室指标等也可用于评估新型冠状病毒肺炎的严重程度。
