Table 1 Clinical categorization of the patients with COVID-19 pneumonia by National Health Commission of China.
Common | Severe | Critical |
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 | Meet any of the followings: | Meet any of the followings: |
Fever | 1. Respiratory distress, RR ≥30/min | 1. Respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation |
Respiratory symptoms | 2. Saturation of oxygen ≤93% at rest state | 2. Shock |
Pneumonia on X-ray or CT | 3. Arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) or Fraction of inspiration O2 (FiO2) ≤300 mnHg (1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa) | 3. Other organ failure and ICU monitoring and treatment |