PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ryan Miller
AU  - Kristin Englund
TI  - Clinical presentation and course of COVID-19
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc013
DP  - 2020 Jul 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 384--388
VI  - 87
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/7/384.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/7/384.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2020 Jul 01; 87
AB  - Information about the clinical presentation and course of COVID-19 is evolving rapidly. On presentation, cough and fever predominate, but extrapulmonary symptoms are also common; in some patients, loss of sense of smell may be an early but favorable sign. The mortality rate varies widely in different reports but should become clearer as more data are collected. Risk factors for severe disease and death include comorbid conditions such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Other implicated factors include older age, obesity, end-stage renal disease, and a higher neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio.