| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T19 |
0-7 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Concept |
| T20 |
8-271 |
Sentence |
denotes |
With a simple approach, we give a preliminary assessment of individual seriousness of COVID-19 using well-described case series of hospitalised COVID-19 pneumonia patients from the cities of Wuhan, Beijing, Shenzhen and the provinces of Hubei and Zhejiang [5-12]. |
| T21 |
272-661 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We defined a reference group from a well-known setting: in 73 German sentinel hospitals, we extracted the data of all inpatients diagnosed with pneumonia (International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision codes J12-J18, primary diagnosis [13]) that were admitted during three consecutive weeks, after the start and before the peak of the influenza epidemic in the years 2015 to 2019. |
| T22 |
662-861 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We compared severity parameters that were described for COVID-19 patients (acute respiratory distress syndrome, ventilation, intensive care, case fatality) with those from the German sentinel system. |
| T23 |
862-968 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Furthermore, we stratified parameters by potential risk groups such as age, sex and chronic comorbidities. |
| T24 |
969-1092 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We also compared outcomes and risk factors for critically ill patients (i.e. received intensive care and ventilation) [14]. |
| T25 |
1093-1312 |
Sentence |
denotes |
As the Chinese population is younger, with a larger proportion of males compared with the German population, we applied weights and provided crude and adjusted proportions for the sentinel pneumonia patients (SPP) [15]. |
| T26 |
1313-1476 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This approach, which can be used by other countries using syndromic surveillance, attempts to replicate the uncertainty of initial results for the new coronavirus. |
