Machine Learning Prediction of SARS-CoV-2 Polymerase Chain Reaction Results with Routine Blood Tests.

Journal: Laboratory medicine
Published Date: Mar 15, 2021

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The diagnosis of COVID-19 is based on the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory secretions, blood, or stool. Currently, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is the most commonly used method to test for SARS-CoV-2.

Authors

  • Thomas Tschoellitsch
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Kepler University Hospital GmbH and Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria.
  • Martin Dünser
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Kepler University Hospital GmbH and Johannes Kepler University, Faculty of Medicine, Linz, Austria.
  • Carl Böck
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Kepler University Hospital GmbH and Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria.
  • Karin Schwarzbauer
    Institute for Machine Learning, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria.
  • Jens Meier
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the Kepler University Linz, Krankenhausstraße 9, 4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: jens.meier@gmail.com.

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