Characteristics associated with COVID-19 or other respiratory viruses' infections at a single-center emergency department.

Donia BouzidJimmy MullaertQuentin Le HingratOdile LaurentXavier DuvalXavier LescureJean-François TimsitDiane DescampsPhilippe MontraversChristophe ChoquetJean-Christophe LucetEnrique CasalinoBenoit Visseauxnull null

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Patients' characteristics associated with a positive PCR are common between SARS-CoV-2 and other RVs, but a simple discrimination of strong SARS-CoV-2 suspicion with a limited set of clinical features seems possible. Such scoring could be useful but has to be prospectively evaluated and will not eliminate the need for rapid PCR assays.

Keyphrases

sars cov
emergency department
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
ejection fraction
coronavirus disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
high throughput
chronic kidney disease
real time pcr
loop mediated isothermal amplification