Clinical characteristics of 138 hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus–infected pneumonia in Wuhan, China

D Wang, B Hu, C Hu, F Zhu, X Liu, J Zhang, B Wang… - jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In December 2019, novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)–infected pneumonia (NCIP)
occurred in Wuhan, China. The number of cases has increased rapidly but information on
the clinical characteristics of affected patients is limited. Objective To describe the
epidemiological and clinical characteristics of NCIP. Design, Setting, and Participants
Retrospective, single-center case series of the 138 consecutive hospitalized patients with
confirmed NCIP at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, China, from January 1 …