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Doctors are using AI to triage covid-19 patients. The tools may be here to stay: Faced with staff shortages and overwhelming patient loads, a growing number of hospitals are turning to automated tools to help them manage the pandemic. K Hao, Tech Review, April 23, 2020

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Dozens of hospitals are using an artificial intelligence system to predict which COVID-19 patients will become critically ill, even as many are struggling to validate the tool’s effectiveness on those with the new disease.
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitors in Patients with Covid-19.
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Why Are Some Young, Healthy People Getting Severe COVID-19?
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Some are looking into genetic differences. Our genes can affect the way our immune system responds to an infection, which could explain why some people fare worse than others. Another factor being investigated is the infectious dose, or the amount of virus a patient was exposed to when they first became ill.
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