id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-299940-nvlcwcz8 Rastrelli, Giulia Low testosterone levels predict clinical adverse outcomes in SARS‐CoV‐2 pneumonia patients 2020-06-03 .txt text/plain 3458 187 47 OBJECTIVES: To estimate the association between T level and SARS‐CoV‐2 clinical outcomes (defined as conditions requiring transfer to higher or lower intensity of care or death) in a cohort of patients admitted in the respiratory intensive care unit (RICU). 16, 17 Thereof, we sought to estimate the association between the T levels and the SARS-CoV-2 infection clinical outcomes (defined as conditions requiring to transfer to a higher or lower intensity of care units or even death) as well as the biochemical prognostic predictors of severe and fatal SARS-CoV-2 infection in a cohort of patients admitted in the respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) of a single Hospital in Mantua, one of the epicenter of the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Italy. Discussion and conclusion: Our study demonstrates for the first time that lower baseline levels of TT and cFT levels predict poor prognosis and mortality in SARS-CoV-2-infected men admitted to RICU. ./cache/cord-299940-nvlcwcz8.txt ./txt/cord-299940-nvlcwcz8.txt