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. 2021 Jun 17;42:1604061. doi: 10.3389/phrs.2021.1604061

TABLE 3.

Major forms of the clinical severity of COVID-19 infection [77].

Types Common symptoms
Mild • non-pneumonia and mild pneumonia; seen in 81% of cases
Severe • dyspnea
• respiratory frequency ≥30/min
• blood oxygen saturation (spo2) ≤ 93%
• blood gas: pao2 < 60 mm hg, paco2 > 50 mmhg
• prolonged prothrombin time and high level of D-dimer
• rhabdomyolysis
• elevated level of liver enzyme, (e.g. alanine aminotransferase (ALT))
Critical • respiratory failure that wants mechanical ventilation
• septic shock
• severe pulmonary infection
• multiple organ dysfunction (MOD)