Clinical Characteristics, Management and Prognostic Factors in Patients with Probable Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in a SARS Center in Taiwan

All patients with probable SARS who were admitted to hospital presented with fever and lymphopenia. While the efficacy of different treatments could not be evaluated from this retrospective study, a higher value of C-reactive protein was associated with the development of respiratory failure and subsequent intubation.