. 2020 Sep 29;7(12):1868–1878. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa247

Table 1.

Characteristics of the autopsy COVID-19 cases.

Case no.	Age/gender	Survival since symptom onset (days)	Hospitalization (days)	COVID-19 severity (at admission)	Clinical symptoms	Chest imaging	Past medical history	Clinical diagnoses of death causes and complications
1	73/F^a	35	32	Severe	Fever, cough, dyspnea	Bilateral patchy interstitial infiltrates	Hypertension, COPD^c	1. COVID-19 (Critical)
								2. MODS^e (including ARDS^d)
								3. Secondary infection
								4. Sepsis
								5. Thrombosis
2	88/M^b	20	15	Critical	Fever, cough	Bilateral ground-glass changes	COPD,	1. COVID-19 (Critical)
							low back pain	2. ARDS
								3. Secondary infection
3	74/F	30	6	Severe	Fever, cough, dyspnea	Bilateral diffuse patchy interstitial infiltrates	Brain tumor	1. COVID-19 (Critical)
								2. ARDS
								3. Anemia
								4. Secondary infection
4	64/M	30	19	Severe	Fever, cough, sputum production, dyspnea	Bilateral diffuse ground-glass changes	Tuberculosis,	1. COVID-19 (Critical)
							hypertension	2. ARDS
5	56/F	42	16	Severe	Fever, cough, sputum production, dyspnea	Bilateral patchy interstitial infiltrates	Heart disease (unknown),	1. COVID-19 (Critical)
							post-cholecystectomy	2. MODS
								3. Acute kidney injury
								4. Secondary infection
6	76/M	29	4	Critical	Fever, dyspnea	Patchy ground-glass changes in right lung	No notable past medical history	1. COVID-19 (Critical)
								2. MODS (including ARDS)
								3. Sepsis
								4. Thrombosis
								5. Secondary infection
7	72/M	34	20	Severe	Headache, anorexia	Bilateral patchy ground-glass changes	Hypertension, lacunar cerebral infarction	1. COVID-19 (Critical)
								2. ARDS
								3. Secondary infection
8	86/F	23	18	Severe	Fever, cough, sputum production, dyspnea	Bilateral patchy ground-glass changes	Hypertension, coronary heart disease, chronic renal insufficiency	1. COVID-19 (Critical)
								2. MODS (including ARDS)
								3. Secondary infection
9	62/M	31	15	Severe	Fever, cough, dyspnea	Ground-glass changes in lower lobes of both lungs	No notable past medical history	1. COVID-19 (Critical)
								2. ARDS
								3. Acute liver injury
								4. Acute kidney injury
10	51/M	28	6	Critical	Fever, cough, sputum production, dyspnea	White lung	Hypertension, gout	1. COVID-19 (Critical)
								2. ARDS
								3. Sepsis
								4. Cardiac insufficiency
								5. Acute liver and kidney injuries
								6. Secondary infection
11	78/M	27	13	Critical	Fever, dyspnea	Ground-glass changes in lower lobes of both lungs	Hypertension	1. COVID-19 (Critical)
								2. MODS (including ARDS)
								3. Sepsis
								4. Secondary infection
12	67/F	21	14	Severe	Fever, dyspnea	Bilateral ground-glass changes	No notable past medical history	1. COVID-19 (Critical)
								2. MODS (including ARDS)
								3. Secondary infection

^aF, female; ^bM, male; ^cCOPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ^dARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; ^eMODS, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.