Characteristics of Adults Aged 18–49 Years Without Underlying Conditions Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the United States: COVID-NET—March–August 2020
Author(s) -
Daniel Owusu,
Lindsay Kim,
Alissa O’Halloran,
Michael Whitaker,
Alexandra M. Piasecki,
Arthur Reingold,
Nisha B. Alden,
Amber Maslar,
Evan J. Anderson,
Patricia Ryan,
Sue Kim,
Kathryn ComoSabetti,
Emily Hancock,
Alison Muse,
Nancy M. Bennett,
Laurie M. Billing,
Melissa Sutton,
H. Keipp Talbot,
Jake Ortega,
Lynnette Brammer,
Alicia M. Fry,
Aron J. Hall,
Shikha Garg,
Charisse N Cummings,
Rachel Holstein,
Anita Kambhampati,
Seth Meador,
Jonathan M. Wortham,
Shua J. Chai,
Breanna Kawasaki,
Kimberly YouseyHindes,
Kyle P. Openo,
Maya Monroe,
Libby Reeg,
Ruth Lynfield,
Nancy Eisenberg,
Grant Barney,
Christina B. Felsen,
Jessica Shiltz,
Nicole West,
William Schaffner,
Andrea Price
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa1806
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , intensive care unit , mechanical ventilation , coronavirus , disease , pandemic , emergency medicine , betacoronavirus , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , virology
Among 513 adults aged 18–49 years without underlying medical conditions hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during March 2020–August 2020, 22% were admitted to an intensive care unit, 10% required mechanical ventilation, and 3 patients died (0.6%). These data demonstrate that healthy younger adults can develop severe COVID-19.
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