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cord-298094-ctikhqvr	Elias, Pierre	The Prognostic Value of Electrocardiogram at Presentation to Emergency Department in Patients With COVID-19	2020-08-15		.txt	text/plain	4165	248	52	The principal findings of this study include: (1) rapid clinical deterioration is common in admitted patients, with 53% of intubations occurring within 48 hours, (2) 33% of admitted patients either died or required mechanical ventilation within fourteen days of COVID-19 diagnosis, and (3) combining abnormal ECG and abnormal respiratory vital signs quickly identifies a group of patients at high risk for mechanical ventilation or death. In this study, we sought to determine if data available early in a patient's emergency department presentation (demographics, comorbidities, vital signs, and ECG) could prognosticate the composite outcome of mechanical ventilation or death by 48 hours after COVID-19 diagnosis. In this study, we sought to determine if data available early in a patient's emergency department presentation (demographics, comorbidities, vital signs, and ECG) could prognosticate the composite outcome of mechanical ventilation or death by 48 hours after COVID-19 diagnosis.	./cache/cord-298094-ctikhqvr.txt	./txt/cord-298094-ctikhqvr.txt