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. 2014 Sep 25;16(9):e221. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3763

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics and medical care timelines for patients with confirmed H7N9 infection in China from early 2013 to February 10, 2014.

Variables Confirmed H7N9 casesa

Internet-based data
(up to Dec 1, 2013)
Li’s report
(up to Dec 1, 2013)
Most updated Internet-based data
(up to Feb 10, 2014)
Clinical outcome, n/N (%)



Hospitalization 118/132 (89.4) 137/139 (98.7) 209/223 (93.7)

ICU admission 30/56 (53.6) 65/103 (63.1) 33/61 (54.1)

ARDSb 14/18 (77.8) 48/83 (57.8) 16/23 (69.7)

Death 45d/138 (32.6) 47/139 (33.8) 71/327 (21.7)
Time from onset to first medical care-days



Number of cases 53 137 71

Median (IQRc) 3.0 (1.0-5.0) 1.0 (0-3.0) 4.0 (1.0-6.0)
Time from onset to hospitalization-days



Number of cases 41 137 55

Median (IQR) 5.0 (3.0-6.5) 4.0 (3.0-6.0) 5.0 (3.0-6.0)
Time from onset to ICU admission-days



Number of cases 4 103 6

Median (IQR) 7.5 (5.5-10.3) 7.0 (5.0-9.0) 6.5 (4.8-8.8)
Time from onset to development of ARDS-days



Number of cases 3 83 3

Median (IQR) 6.0 (NE)e 7.0 (5.0-9.0) 6.0 (NE)e
Time from onset to death-days



Number of cases 25 47 34

Median (IQR) 17.0 (10.5-22.5) 21.0 (12.5-36.0) 16.5 (9.5-22.0)

aUnless stated otherwise, data in the table provided are the number of patients with a certain characteristic, the total number of patients having data on that characteristic, and the corresponding percentage.

bARDS: respiratory distress syndrome

cIQR: interquartile range

dThis number from aggregate data on the website of National Health and Family Planning Commission. If we use individual data, only 33 deaths were found, with a case fatality rate of 23.9%.

eNE: not estimable