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. 2020 Sep 1;24(1):539.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03244-3.

Nasopharyngeal viral load predicts hypoxemia and disease outcome in admitted COVID-19 patients

Amir Shlomai  1   2 , Haim Ben-Zvi  3 , Ahinoam Glusman Bendersky  1   2 , Noa Shafran  1   2 , Elad Goldberg  4   5 , Ella H Sklan  6
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Nasopharyngeal viral load predicts hypoxemia and disease outcome in admitted COVID-19 patients

Amir Shlomai et al. Crit Care. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Hypoxemia; SARS-CoV-2; Viral load.

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Viral load is associated with minimal saturation values and age. The relationship between Ct values from the nucleocapsid gene, minimal saturation values and age (n = 170). Similar results were obtained with the Ct for the envelope gene. (R=R squared, pearson's correlation test)
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Viral load is associated with disease outcome. A scatter plot presenting the Ct values (median, 95% CI) of admitted COVID-19 patients according to clinical outcome
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