Table 2 Admission characteristics, n = 200 patients
From: COVID-19 related deaths in an urban academic medical center in Brooklyn – a descriptive case series
Symptoms associated with COVID-19 (n, %) | |
Dyspnea | 185 (92·5) |
Cough | 108 (54) |
Fever (≥37.3 °C) | 108 (54) |
Cough, dyspnea, and fever | 51 (25·5) |
Only dyspnea (no cough, no fever) | 34 (17) |
GI symptoms | 28 (14) |
None of the above symptoms | 0 (0) |
Diabetic ketoacidosis | 19 (9·5) |
Known COVID-19 positive contact (n, %) | 14 (7) |
Recent international travel (n, %) | 0 (0) |
Duration of symptoms prior to admission, median (IQR), days | 4·45 (2–7) |
1 to 3 days of symptoms (n, %) | 102 (51) |
4 to 7 days of symptoms | 79 (39·5) |
More than 1 week of symptoms | 19 (9·5) |