Table 3: Classification of COVID-19 patients according to symptom severity.
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Asymptomatic |
COVID nucleic acid test positive. Without any clinical symptoms and signs and the chest imaging is normal. |
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Mild |
Symptoms of acute upper respiratory tract infection (fever, fatigue, myalgia, cough, sore throat, runny nose, sneezing) or digestive symptoms (nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea). |
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Moderate |
Pneumonia (frequent fever, cough) with no obvious hypoxemia, chest CT with lesions. |
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Severe |
Pneumonia with hypoxemia (Peripheral oxygen saturation < 92%). |
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Critical |
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), may have shock, encephalopathy, myocardial injury, heart failure, coagulation dysfunction and acute kidney injury. |