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. 2020 Jun 8;11(6):429. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-2636-4

Table 1.

Clinical categorization of the patients with COVID-19 pneumonia by National Health Commission of China.

Common Severe Critical
Meet any of the followings: Meet any of the followings:
Fever 1. Respiratory distress, RR ≥30/min 1. Respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation
Respiratory symptoms 2. Saturation of oxygen ≤93% at rest state 2. Shock
Pneumonia on X-ray or CT 3. Arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) or Fraction of inspiration O2 (FiO2) ≤300 mnHg (1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa) 3. Other organ failure and ICU monitoring and treatment