Prospective postmortem evaluation of 735 consecutive SARS-CoV-2-associated death cases

Abstract Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global pandemic with significant mortality. Accurate information on the specific circumstances of death and whether patients died from or with SARS-CoV-2 is scarce. To dis...

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Main Authors: Antonia Fitzek, Julia Schädler, Eric Dietz, Alexandra Ron, Moritz Gerling, Anna L. Kammal, Larissa Lohner, Carla Falck, Dustin Möbius, Hanna Goebels, Anna-Lina Gerberding, Ann Sophie Schröder, Jan-Peter Sperhake, Anke Klein, Daniela Fröb, Herbert Mushumba, Sandra Wilmes, Sven Anders, Inga Kniep, Fabian Heinrich, Felicia Langenwalder, Kira Meißner, Philine Lange, Antonia Zapf, Klaus Püschel, Axel Heinemann, Markus Glatzel, Jakob Matschke, Martin Aepfelbacher, Marc Lütgehetmann, Stefan Steurer, Christoph Thorns, Carolin Edler, Benjamin Ondruschka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98499-3