Clinical Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia Compared to Controls in Chinese Han Population

Yang Xu; Yi-rong Li; Qiang Zeng; Zhi-bing Lu; Yong-zhe Li; Wei Wu; Sheng-yong Dong; Gang Huang; Xing-huan Wang

The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not peer-reviewed) is the . https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.08.20031658 doi: medRxiv preprint 11 antibiotics. The antibiotics used generally covered mild pathogens and some atypical pathogens; when secondary bacterial infection occurred, medication was administered according to the results of bacterial culture and drug sensitivity. The antibiotics used were moxifloxacin, ceftriaxone, azithromycin, and tigecycline or linezolid against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, as well as antifungal drugs. Six patients significantly increased in IL6 were also treated with methylprednisolone. Three patients used non-invasive ventilator mechanical ventilation. Two patients used an invasive ventilator to assist ventilation. The ventilator adopted P-SIMV mode, the inhaled oxygen concentration was 35-100%, and the positive end-expiratory pressure was 6-12 cm H 2 O. No patients were treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Moreover, 7.3% patients were diagnosed ARDS, 7.3% patients were diagnosed acute cardiac injury (troponin I>28 pg/mL) and 4.4% patients were diagnosed fungal infections or shock (Table 1) .