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Published in: Critical Care 1/2020

Open Access 01-12-2020 | SARS-CoV-2 | Research Letter

Body temperature correlates with mortality in COVID-19 patients

Authors: Serena Tharakan, Koichi Nomoto, Satoshi Miyashita, Kiyotake Ishikawa

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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Systemic inflammation that accompanies acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19 [1] is associated with a high mortality rate, as high as 32.5% [2]. Treatment options for severe cases remain limited [3]. The high mortality rate, lack of effective therapies, and extremely high volume of cases have led to a clear need for reliable prognostic markers to indicate which patients are at the highest risk of death and thus require closer monitoring. …
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Metadata
Title
Body temperature correlates with mortality in COVID-19 patients
Authors
Serena Tharakan
Koichi Nomoto
Satoshi Miyashita
Kiyotake Ishikawa
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03045-8

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