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. 2020 Jul 17;35(7):1250–1261. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa154

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Flow chart of outpatientmanagement and referral of patients for ambulatory monitoring, WCM Fever Clinic and/or NYP-WCM ED. Mild symptoms were defined as temperature >37.8°C/100°F, shortness of breath, productive cough, chest pain and/or lightheadedness. Moderate symptoms were defined as persistent temperature ≥38.3°C/101°F, hemodynamic disturbance with systolic blood pressure lower than baseline or tachycardia, oxygen saturation <94% and/or shortness of breath interfering with normal activities. Patients referred to the WCM Fever Clinic who on presentation were found to have moderate symptoms were then sent to the NYP-WCM ED for hospital admission.