id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-338756-jzz250o1 Zhang, Nan Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 42 deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection in Wuhan, China: A retrospective study 2020-07-15 .txt text/plain 1645 106 53 title: Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 42 deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection in Wuhan, China: A retrospective study This study described the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of patients who died from SARS-CoV-2 infection, and pointed out the potential risk factors associated with fatal outcomes. In December 2019, novel cases of pneumonia appeared in China, with its etiology known as SARS-CoV-2 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] , predominantly were transmitted from human-to-human [6, 7] and clinical syndrome termed as -coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)‖, by the World Health Organization (WHO). Data including age, gender, underlying diseases, clinical signs and symptoms, virus detection, computed tomography (CT) findings, treatments, routine blood and biochemistry, coagulation function, infection-related biomarkers, and routine urine etc., was gathered. The present retrospective study aimed to analyze the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who died of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Potential risk factors associated with COVID-19 fatalities include being male and those with underlying comorbidities. ./cache/cord-338756-jzz250o1.txt ./txt/cord-338756-jzz250o1.txt