Mortality high among patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia
Wuhan doctors publish details of patients’ rapid deterioration in ICU
Patients admitted to ICU with pneumonia related to SARS-CoV-2 have a higher mortality rate than critically ill patients in previous SARS outbreaks, Chinese doctors say.
The critical-care doctors reviewed 52 cases admitted to the Wuhan Jin Yin-tan hospital ICU between late December and late January and found that 62% died within 28 days.
