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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

The clinical course of the disease consists of three major patterns:^[1]
1. Mild illness with upper respiratory tract presenting symptoms
2. Non-life-threatening pneumonia
3. Severe pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that begins with mild symptoms for 7 - 8 days and progressing to rapid deterioration and ARDS requiring advanced life support
In symptomatic patients, the clinical features of the disease usually start within a week, consisting of fever, cough, nasal congestion, fatigue, and other signs of upper respiratory tract infections.^[2]
Disease progression and severity is manifested by dyspnea and severe chest symptoms corresponding to pneumonia in approximately 75% of the patients.^[3]
Pneumonia mostly occurs in the second or third week of a symptomatic disease.
Signs of viral pneumonia include decreased oxygen saturation, blood gas deviations, and changes on chest x‐rays and other imaging techniques.

↑ Heymann, David L; Shindo, Nahoko (2020). "COVID-19: what is next for public health?". The Lancet. 395 (10224): 542–545. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30374-3. ISSN 0140-6736.
↑ Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P.; Meyer, Christian G. (2020). "The COVID‐19 epidemic". Tropical Medicine & International Health. 25 (3): 278–280. doi:10.1111/tmi.13383. ISSN 1360-2276.
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