Clinical andTransmission Characteristics of COVID-19-A Retrospective Study of 25 Cases from a Single Thoracic Surgery Department

作     者：Yang-kai LI Shu PENG Le-qun LI Qi WANG Wei PING Ni ZHANG Xiang-ning FU 

作者机构：Deparnent of Thoracic SurgeryTongji HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWiuhan 430030China 

出 版 物：《Current Medical Science》 (当代医学科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2020年第40卷第2期

页      面：295-300页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 0703[理学-化学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：corona virus disease 2019 SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial infection 

摘      要：The outbreak of corona virus disease 2019(COVID-19)imposes a major challenge in managing patients undergoing surgical *** this study,we analyzed clinical and transmission features of 25 cases of COVID-19 from a single thoracic department,including 13 patients and 12 health care *** were 13 males and 12 *** median age of the patients was 61(range:51 to 69)*** median age of the health care staff was 35(range:22 to 51)*** the end of follow-up date(Mar.3,2020),there were 16 non-severe cases(64%)and 9 severe cases(36%),5 cases were dead(20%).Nineteen(76%)of the infected cases were confirmed by SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test,the rest were clinically diagnosed as suspected COVID-19 cases,and 19(76%)of the infected cases had positive exposure *** found that COPD was significantly associated with severity and death(P-0.040,and P=0.038,respectively),and chest operation was significantly associated with death for COVID-19 patients(P-0.039).A potential“super spreadermay be the source of the transmission before the implementation of quarantine and comprehensive *** was concluded that COVID-19 is associated with poor prognosis for patients undergoing thoracic operation,especially for those with *** of comprehensive protective measures is important to control nosocomial infection.