TY - JOUR AU - Salto-Alejandre, Sonsoles AU - Berastegui-Cabrera, Judith AU - Camacho-Martínez, Pedro AU - Infante-Domínguez, Carmen AU - Carretero-Ledesma, Marta AU - Crespo-Rivas, Juan Carlos AU - Márquez, Eduardo AU - Lomas, José Manuel AU - Bueno, Claudio AU - Amaya, Rosario AU - Lepe, José Antonio AU - Cisneros, José Miguel AU - Pachón, Jerónimo AU - Cordero, Elisa AU - Sánchez-Céspedes, Javier PY - 2021 DO - 10.1038/s41598-021-92400-y UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3796 T2 - Scientific Reports AB - The aim was to assess the ability of nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral load at first patient's hospital evaluation to predict unfavorable outcomes. We conducted a prospective cohort study including 321 adult patients with confirmed COVID-19 through... LA - en PB - Springer Nature KW - COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - Prognosis KW - Viral Load KW - Death KW - Pronóstico KW - Carga Viral KW - Muerte KW - COVID-19 KW - Medical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::Age Groups::Adult KW - Medical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Aged KW - Medical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Aged::Aged, 80 and over KW - Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Female KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Cohort Studies::Longitudinal... KW - Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans KW - Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services::Health Facilities::Hospital Units::Intensive Care Units KW - Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Male KW - Medical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Middle Aged KW - Medical Subject Headings::Anatomy::Respiratory System::Pharynx::Nasopharynx KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Patient Care::Hospitalization::Patient Admission KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Diagnosis::Prognosis KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Cohort Studies::Longitudinal... KW - Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides::Nucleic Acids::RNA::RNA, Viral KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Genetic Techniques::Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques::Polymerase Chain Reaction::Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Probability::Risk::Risk Factors KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Diagnosis::Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures::Clinical Laboratory Techniques::Microbiological Techniques::Viral Load KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Data Collection::Health Surveys::Health Status Indicators::Patient Acuity::Severity of Illness Index KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Virus Diseases::RNA Virus Infections::Nidovirales Infections::Coronaviridae Infections::Coronavirus Infections TI - SARS-CoV-2 viral load in nasopharyngeal swabs is not an independent predictor of unfavorable outcome TY - research article ER -