Table 1.

Clinical presentation of COVID-19 infection

Clinical symptoms

Common symptoms: Fever, dry cough, dyspnea, myalgias, fatigue, diarrhea, anosmia, dysgeusia.

Uncommon symptoms: Sputum production, headache, hemoptysis, rhinorrhea, sore throat, conjunctival injection.

Labs

Lymphopenia; prolonged prothrombin time; elevated D-dimer, alanine aminotransferase, total bilirubin and lactate dehydrogenase

Blood gas

PaO2/FiO2 < 200 if acute respiratory distress syndrome

Chest x-ray and computed tomography

Generally bilateral pneumonia with multiple infiltrates and ground-grass opacity

Viral confirmation

Real-time polymerase-chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay to detect viral RNA

FiO2, fraction of inspired oxygen; PaO2, partial pressure of oxygen.