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cord-255174-h1izji2g	Wei, Yuan-Yuan	Risk factors for severe COVID-19: evidence from 167 hospitalized patients in Anhui, China	2020-04-17		.txt	text/plain	951	60	56	It is very important to analyse the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in international regions and identify risk factors to reduce the incidence of severe and critical illness in the early stage. In this letter, we present discrepancies of patients with different disease severities and risk factors for severe COVID-19 by comparing and analysing epidemiological and clinical data of 167 confirmed patients in Anhui, China. There are still no specific therapies for COVID-19(1); nevertheless, assessing risk factors and symptomatic treatment in the early stage of the disease can improve the prognosis. The similarities and differences between severe and non-severe patients in this letter suggested that elderly patients with multiple comorbidities, hypoxia, decreased CD4 and CD8 cell counts and increased levels of CRP and IL-6 are all closely associated with disease severity and prognosis, which should be assessed seriously during diagnosis and treatment. MDT consultation and artificial liver therapy are very effective methods for severe patients with COVID-19.	./cache/cord-255174-h1izji2g.txt	./txt/cord-255174-h1izji2g.txt