A simplified pneumonia severity index (PSI) for clinical outcome prediction in COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Pneumonia Score Index (PSI) was developed to estimate the risk of dying within 30 days of presentation for community-acquired pneumonia patients and is a strong predictor of 30-day mortality after COVID-19. However, three of its required 20 variables (skilled nursing home, altered mental status and pleural effusion) are not discreetly available in the electronic medical record (EMR), resulting in manual chart review for these 3 factors. The goal of this study is to compare a simplified 17-factor version (PSI-17) to the original (denoted PSI-20) in terms of prediction of 30-day mortality in COVID-19.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study, the hospitalized patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection between 2/28/20-5/28/20 were identified to compare the pr

SUBMITTER: Chang SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11108185 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature