The National Early Warning Score on admission predicts severe disease and in-hospital mortality of the coronavirus disease 2019 Delta variant: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical risk scores are widely used in emergency medicine, and some studies have evaluated their use in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, no studies have evaluated their use in patients with the COVID-19 Delta variant. We aimed to study the performance of four different clinical scores (National Early Warning Score [NEWS], quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment [qSOFA], Confusion, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, and Age ≥65 [CRB-65], and Kanagawa score) in predicting the risk of severe disease (defined as the need for intubation and in-hospital mortality) in patients with the COVID-19 Delta variant.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study of patients hospitalized with suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (

SUBMITTER: Endo T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10227991 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature