id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-315188-a9pvugjt Choi, Min Hyuk Clinical Characteristics and Disease Progression in Early-Stage COVID-19 Patients in South Korea 2020-06-23 .txt text/plain 4142 200 44 The following clinical data were collected using electronic medical records: age at diagnosis, sex, signs and symptoms, date of symptom onset, date of hospital admission, date of discharge or transfer, Charlson comorbidity index [16] , Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status [17] , Multilobular infiltration, hypo-Lymphocytosis, Bacterial coinfection, Smoking history, hyper-Tension and Age (MuLBSTA) score [18] , pneumonia severity index [19] , Confusion, Urea, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure plus age ≥ 65 years (CURB-65) [20] , respiratory support, and treatment agents administered before and during hospitalization. After PS matching, prior history of drug use, including ibuprofen, ARB, DPP4i, was not statistically different between patients in the progression and improvement/stabilization groups. Before matching, the proportion of patients reporting prior use of these drugs was significantly greater in the progression group; however, after adjusting for 10 confounding variables, including underlying comorbidities, there was no significant difference between patients with and without these medication histories. ./cache/cord-315188-a9pvugjt.txt ./txt/cord-315188-a9pvugjt.txt