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What is the probability that this patient, who presents to a UK hospital, will be diagnosed with Covid-19? Prospective validation of the open-source CovidCalculatorUK resource.

2020-12-08 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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IntroductionThe novel coronavirus SARS-CoV2 and the associated disease, Covid-19, continue to pose a global health threat. The CovidCalculatorUK is an open-source online tool (covidcalculatoruk.org) that estimates the probability that an individual patient, who presents to a UK hospital, will later test positive for SARS-CoV2. The objective is to aid cohorting decisions and minimise nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV2. MethodsThis n = 500 prospective, observational, multicentre, validation stu...

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