Table 1.
The characteristics of the literature
| First author | Year | Country | Follow‐up (days) | No. Patients | Sex | Average age | Research type | Literature quality | Clinical symptom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaolin Huang | 2020 | China | 18 | 41 | Male: 30 | 49 | Retrospective study | 7 | Fever |
| ARDS | |||||||||
| Muscle soreness or fatigue | |||||||||
| Female: 11 | |||||||||
| Cough | |||||||||
| Abnormal chest CT | |||||||||
| Patient in critical condition | |||||||||
| Death of patient | |||||||||
| Dawei Wang | 2020 | China | 34 | 138 | Male: 75 | 56 | Retrospective study | 7 | Fever |
| ARDS | |||||||||
| Female: 63 | Muscle soreness or fatigue | ||||||||
| Cough | |||||||||
| Abnormal chest CT | |||||||||
| Patient in critical condition | |||||||||
| Death of patient | |||||||||
| Nanshan Chen | 2020 | China | 25 | 99 | Male: 67 | 55.5 | Retrospective study | 6 | Fever |
| ARDS | |||||||||
| Muscle soreness or fatigue | |||||||||
| Female: 32 | |||||||||
| Cough | |||||||||
| Abnormal chest CT | |||||||||
| Death of patient | |||||||||
| Weijie Guan | 2020 | China | 28 | 1099 | Male: 640 | 47 | Retrospective study | 8 | Fever |
| ARDS | |||||||||
| Female: 459 | Muscle soreness or fatigue | ||||||||
| Cough | |||||||||
| Abnormal chest CT | |||||||||
| Patient in critical condition | |||||||||
| Death of patient | |||||||||
| Lei Chen | 2020 | China | 15 | 29 | Male: 21 | 56 | Retrospective study | 6 | Fever |
| Muscle soreness or fatigue | |||||||||
| Female: 8 | |||||||||
| Cough | |||||||||
| Patient in Critical condition | |||||||||
| Death of patient | |||||||||
| Kaiyuan Sun | 2020 | America | 42 | 288 | Male: 182 | 44 | Retrospective study | 5 | Death of patient |
| Female: 106 | |||||||||
| Yang Yang | 2020 | China | 51 | 4021 | Male: 2211 | 49 | Retrospective study | 5 | Patient in critical condition |
| Female: 1810 | |||||||||
| Death of patient | |||||||||
| Jie Li | 2020 | China | 21 | 17 | Male: 9 | 45 | Retrospective study | 6 | Fever |
| Muscle soreness or fatigue | |||||||||
| Female: 8 | |||||||||
| Cough | |||||||||
| Abnormal chest CT | |||||||||
| China CDC | 2020 | China | 43 | 44672 | Male: 22 981 | ‐‐ | Retrospective study | 6 | Patient in Critical condition |
| Female: 21 691 | |||||||||
| Death of patient | |||||||||
| Xiaowei Xu | 2020 | China | 16 | 62 | Male: 36 | 41 | Retrospective study | 6 | Fever |
| Muscle soreness or fatigue | |||||||||
| Female: 26 | |||||||||
| Cough | |||||||||
| Abnormal chest CT | |||||||||
| Patient in Critical condition | |||||||||
| Death of patient |
Abbreviations: China CDC, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; CT, computer tomography.