A clinical risk score to identify patients with COVID-19 at high risk of critical care admission or death: An observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate. There is urgent need to stratify patients. Understanding risk of deterioration will assist in admission and discharge decisions, and help selection for clinical studies to indicate where risk of therapy-related complications is justified.

Methods

An observational cohort of patients acutely admitted to two London hospitals with COVID-19 and positive SARS-CoV-2 swab results was assessed. Demographic details, clinical data, comorbidities, blood parameters and chest radiograph severity scores were collected from electronic health records. Endpoints assessed were critical care admission and death. A risk score was developed to predict outcomes.

Findings

Analyses included 1,157 patients. Older age, male sex, comorbidit

SUBMITTER: Galloway JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7258846 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature