Clinical risk score to predict in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Several physiological abnormalities that develop during COVID-19 are associated with increased mortality. In the present study, we aimed to develop a clinical risk score to predict the in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 patients, based on a set of variables available soon after the hospitalisation triage.

Setting

Retrospective cohort study of 516 patients consecutively admitted for COVID-19 to two Italian tertiary hospitals located in Northern and Central Italy were collected from 22 February 2020 (date of first admission) to 10 April 2020.

Participants

Consecutive patients≥18 years admitted for COVID-19.

Main outcome measures

Simple clinical and laboratory findings readily available after triage were compared by patients' survival status ('dead' vs '

SUBMITTER: Fumagalli C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7520809 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature