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This study of 99 patients with novel coronavirus found: a) men more likely than women to get disease, b) most common presenting symptoms were fever (83% of pts), cough (82%), and dyspnea (31%); c) most pts showed bilateral pneumonia on imaging (75%); d) 17% developed acute respiratory distress syndrome and of these 65% died (this equaled 11% of all patients). Overall, novel coronavirus was found to most likely affect older males with comorbidities. Lancet. 2020 Jan 30. pii: S0140-6736(20)30211-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30211-7    (retrieved Feb, 2020). There are currently 1090 pearls in the database. While every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy, mistakes can and do occur. Use databank at your own risk. All pearls © 2024 by the Internet Medical Association. Click Here to view more medical pearls.