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. 2020 Oct 14;272(6):e321–e328. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004362

TABLE 2.

Clinical Characteristics of the 6 Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients With Pre/Asymptomatic COVID-19 Undergoing Surgery

Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3 Patient 4 Patient 5 Patient 6
Age (yrs old) 59 57 47 76 72 72
Sex Female Female Male Female Female Male
Primary diagnosis Rectal cancer Gastric cancer Sigmoid colon cancer Descending colon cancer Rectal cancer Sigmoid colon cancer
Comorbidities None Myelosuppression after neoadjuvant chemotherapy Diabetes and past history of tuberculosis Hypertension Hypertension Hypertension
Epidemiological history Yes (contact with infected person) Yes (contact with infected person) Yes (exposure to relevant environment) Yes (exposure to relevant environment) Yes (exposure to relevant environment) Yes (contact with infected person)
Date of surgery Jan 7, 2020 Jan 13, 2020 Jan 17, 2020 Jan 17, 2020 Jan 19, 2020 Jan 21, 2020
Procedures Laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection Laparoscopic total gastrectomy Laparoscopic sigmoidectomy Left colectomy Laparoscopic Hartmann's procedure Laparoscopic sigmoidectomy
Complications Perineal incision infection None None ARDS None None
Onset day POD 18 POD 1 POD 1 POD 5 POD 13 POD 2
First symptom Fever Fever Fever Fever Fever Fever
Fever Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
First day temp (°C) 37.4 38.5 37.6 37.7 37.5 37.3
Highest temp (°C) 37.8 40.0 38.1 39.1 37.5 38.1
Lasting days (d) 16 6 9 9 1 14
Cough Yes Yes No No No Yes
Dyspnea Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
From onset to dyspnea (d) 9 7 NA 10 9 11
Myalgia No Yes No No No No
Fatigue No Yes No No Yes Yes
Diarrhea No Yes No No No No
Abdominal distension No No No No No No
Vomiting No No No No No No
Outcomes Discharged Discharged Discharged Deceased Discharged Discharged

NA indicates not available.