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. 2020 Aug 23;260:118312. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118312

Table 1.

Data on diarrhea in patients with COVID-19.

First author Study country Hospital N of patients Diarrhea
n (%)
Diarrhea duration Evacuations per day State of patients Nucleic acid tests in feces Prognoses
Guan [11] China 552 hospitals 1099 42(3.8%) NA NA 5.0% were admitted to the ICU, 2.3% underwent invasive mechanical ventilation. NA 1.4% died.
Chen [12] China Jing yintan hospital 99 2(2%) NA NA NA NA 11 (11%) patients died of multiple organ failure
Huang [13] China Jing yintan hospital 41 1(2.4%) NA NA Dyspnoea in 22 (55%) of 40 patients NA Six (15%) died
Fang [14] China Wuhan tongji hospital 305 146(49.5%) (4.1 ± 2.5) d,
3.3d (mean)
(3.3 ± 1.6) per day,up to 9. Severe group:46(15.1%),
non severe group:
259 (84.9%)
positive rate in severe group vs in non severe group (94.6%vs 82.5%) NA
Xiao [15] China Fifth affiliated hospital of Zhuhai 73 26(35.6%) NA NA NA NA NA
Young [16] Singapore Singapore 4 hospitals in Singapore 18 3 (16.6%) NA NA 2 required intensive care Virus was detectable in the stool (4/8 [50%]) and blood (1/12 [8%]) by PCR There were no deaths
Wan [17] China 18 hospitals 232 49(21%) NA NA NA NA Diarrhea symptoms were significantly correlated with severe infection of new crown, ventilator use and admission to ICU
Wei [18] China Wuhan Union Hospital 84 26(31%) 3.7 days na The duration of fever and dyspnea in diarrhea group vs in non diarrhea group(10.5 ± 4.7 vs 7.6 ± 3.4d,8.1 ± 3.2 vs4.7 ± 2.3d). Stool samples from a higher proportion of patients with diarrhea tested positive for virus RNA (69%) than from patients without diarrhea (17%) The hospitalization time of diarrhea patients vs non diarrhea ones(16.5 ± 5.2 vs 11.8 ± 5.6d).
Luo [19] China Zhongnan Hospital of
Wuhan University
183 68(37.1%) NA NA NA NA NA
Liu [20] China Affiliated Hospital of Jianghan University 30 9(30%) NA NA NA NA NA
Pan [21] China Wuhan Hanan Hospital;
Wuhan Union Hospital;
Huanggang Central
Hospital
204 35(17.2%) NA 3 per day (mean) NA NA Difficult to cure and discharge
(34.3% vs 60%)
Li [22] China 1995 96(4.8%) NA NA NA NA Fatality rate 5%
Lu [23] China Wuhan Children's Hospital 171 15(8.8%) NA NA NA NA Two patients death
D'Amico [24] China Singap
French Japan
United States
3042 292(10,1%) NA NA NA NA NA

NA = no analysis.