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Comment
. 2020 Oct;81(4):647-679.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.049. Epub 2020 Jun 21.

Validity of the UK early access to medicines scheme criteria for Remdesivir use in patients with COVID-19 disease

Anna Daunt  1 , Pablo N Perez-Guzman  2 , Felicity Liew  3 , Katharina Hauck  2 , Ceire E Costelloe  4 , Mark R Thursz  5 , Graham Cooke  6 , Shevanthi Nayagam  7
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Comment

Validity of the UK early access to medicines scheme criteria for Remdesivir use in patients with COVID-19 disease

Anna Daunt et al. J Infect. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Clinical deterioration; Covid-19; Mortality; Remdesivir; Risk score.

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EAMS criteria's performance amongst the ICHNT cohort of COVID-19 patients. a) Cumulative incidence of discharge alive vs death by risk classification; b) receiver operating characteristic curve.
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