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Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
Synopsis

Community Treatment Centers for Isolation of Asymptomatic and Mildly Symptomatic Patients with Coronavirus Disease, South Korea

Won Suk Choi1, Hyoung Seop Kim1, Bongyoung Kim2Comments to Author , Soomin Nam, and Jang Wook Sohn2
Author affiliations: Korea University, Seoul, South Korea (W.S. Choi, J.W. Sohn); National Health Insurance Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea (H.S. Kim, S. Nam); Hanyang University, Seoul (B. Kim)

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Table 4

Clinical characteristics of 12 patients with coronavirus disease transferred from community treatment centers to a hospital, South Korea*

Age, y/sex Center Underlying conditions Reason for transfer Symptoms and signs suggesting pneumonia at transfer
 No. days from admission to transfer
Fever, temperature ≥37.5°C Desaturation, SpO2 <95 Abnormal findings on chest radiograph
56/F Gimje No Dyspnea No No NA 1
42/F Gimje No Cough, chest tightness No No NA 2
42/M Gimje No Purulent otorrhea No No NA 3
45/M Gimje No Dyspnea No No NA 6
38/F Gimje Personal issue† No No NA 10
27/M Gyeongju Schizophrenia Aggravation of schizophrenia No No NA 14
65/F Gyeongju Hypertension Fever Yes No Yes 2
58/M Gyeongju Diabetes mellitus, hypertension Dyspnea No Yes NA 2
2/F Gyeongju No Need for special care‡ No No NA 2
33/F Gyeongju No Need for special care§ No No NA 7
61/F Jecheon No Dyspnea No No Yes 3
65/M Jecheon No Dyspnea, pleuritic pain No No Yes 1

*NA, not applicable.
†Patient’s child admitted to hospital with confirmed coronavirus disease during her admission; she asked to transfer to the hospital where her child was admitted.
‡Patient too young to be in the center without parents.
§Patient 9 weeks pregnant at admission.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These authors contributed equally to this article.

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