Murk Jean-Luc, van de Biggelaar Rik, Stohr Joep, Verweij Jaco, Buiting Anton, Wittens Sabine, van Hooft Martijn, Diederen Bram, Kluiters-de Hingh Yvette, Ranschaer Erik, Brouwer Annemarie, Retera Jeroen, Verheijen Margot, Ramnarain Dharmanand, van Ek Ivo, van Oers Jos
Elisabeth-Tweesteden Ziekenhuis, afd. Medische Microbiologie en Immunologie, Tilburg.
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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2020 Apr 2;164:D5002.
Here we describe the characteristics of the first 100 laboratory confirmed COVID-19 patients admitted to the Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital (Tilburg, The Netherlands). The median age was 72 years, 67% was male, approximately 80% had co-morbidity, approximately 50% of which consisted of hypertension, cardiac and or pulmonary conditions and 25% diabetes. At admission 61% of patients had fever and about 50% presented at day 6 or more after onset of symptoms. At the time of writing 38 patients were discharged, 19 admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and 20 patients had died. The median age of ICU patients was 67 years and 63% had co-morbidity. The median time to discharge or to death was 6 and 5.5 days, respectively.
在此，我们描述了首批100名确诊感染新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）并入住伊丽莎白 - 特威斯特登医院（荷兰蒂尔堡）的患者的特征。患者年龄中位数为72岁，67%为男性，约80%患有合并症，其中约50%包括高血压、心脏和/或肺部疾病，25%患有糖尿病。入院时，61%的患者有发热症状，约50%的患者在症状出现后第6天或更晚就诊。在撰写本文时，38名患者已出院，19名患者被收入重症监护病房（ICU），20名患者死亡。ICU患者的年龄中位数为67岁，63%患有合并症。出院或死亡的中位时间分别为6天和5.5天。
