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.