Rapid shortening of survival duration in early fatal cases of COVID-19, Wuhan, China

Yuzhou Zhang; Hilary Bambrick; Shilu Tong; Stephen B Lambert; Wenbiao Hu; Michael Nevels

doi:10.1017/exp.2020.73

Experimental Results (Jan 2021)

Rapid shortening of survival duration in early fatal cases of COVID-19, Wuhan, China

Yuzhou Zhang,
Hilary Bambrick,
Shilu Tong,
Stephen B Lambert,
Wenbiao Hu,
Michael Nevels

Affiliations

Yuzhou Zhang: ORCiD; School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4059, Queensland, Australia
Hilary Bambrick: School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4059, Queensland, Australia
Shilu Tong: School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4059, Queensland, Australia Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai200127, China
Stephen B Lambert: ORCiD; National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra0200, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Wenbiao Hu: ORCiD; School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4059, Queensland, Australia
Michael Nevels: University of St Andrews, Biomolecular Sciences Building, Fife, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, KY16 9ST

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/exp.2020.73
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2

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Severe COVID-19 cases place immediate pressure on hospital resources. To assess this, we analysed survival duration in the first 39 fatal cases in Wuhan, China. Time from onset and hospitalization to death declined rapidly, from ~40 to 7 days, and ~25 to 4 days, respectively, in the outbreak’s first month.

Published in Experimental Results

ISSN: 2516-712X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology; Medicine; Science
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/experimental-results

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