• J Natl Med Assoc · Oct 2020

    The Association Between Symptom Onset and Length of Hospital Stay in 2019 Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Cases Without Epidemiological Trace.

    • BinBin Li.
    • YongJia County People's Hospital, China. Electronic address: xll123qwe@qq.com.
    • J Natl Med Assoc. 2020 Oct 1; 112 (5): 516-517.

    ObjectiveCompared to COVID-19 cases with established epidemiological trace, little is known about the patients without one. This study reports an association between time of symptom onset (TOS) and length of hospital stay (LOS) in COVID-19 infection without epidemiological link.MethodsGeneralized linear regression models were used to examine the association between symptom onset and primary outcome LOS. A group of patients with established epidemiological link in same medical facility during that period of time were used as controls.ResultsA total of 38 COVID-19 patients were admitted, 26 of which were found without travel history to infected area or direct contact with a case-patient. TOS was negatively associated with LOS in patients without epidemiological trace (IRR = 0.980; 95% CI = 0.967 to 0.993; P = 0.003).ConclusionsIn COVID-19 cases without typical epidemiological links, patients with later symptom onset had relatively shorter LOS.Copyright © 2020 National Medical Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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