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Comment
. 2021 Jan;82(1):159-198.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.05.063. Epub 2020 May 29.

Letter to the Editor: Variability but not admission or trends in NEWS2 score predicts clinical outcome in elderly hospitalised patients with COVID-19

Shirley Sze  1 , Daniel Pan  2 , Caroline M L Williams  2 , Nicholas Wong  3 , Amandip Sahota  3 , David Bell  3 , Julian W Tang  4 , Martin Wiselka  3 , Iain Stephenson  3 , Manish Pareek  5
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Letter to the Editor: Variability but not admission or trends in NEWS2 score predicts clinical outcome in elderly hospitalised patients with COVID-19

Shirley Sze et al. J Infect. 2021 Jan.
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