Derivation of a Contextually-Appropriate COVID-19 Mortality Scale for Low-Resource Settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In many low- and middle-income countries, where vaccinations will be delayed and healthcare systems are underdeveloped, the COVID-19 pandemic will continue for the foreseeable future. Mortality scales can aid frontline providers in low-resource settings (LRS) in identifying those at greatest risk of death so that limited resources can be directed towards those in greatest need and unnecessary loss of life is prevented. While many prognostication tools have been developed for, or applied to, COVID-19 patients, no tools to date have been purpose-designed for, and validated in, LRS.

Objectives

This study aimed to develop a pragmatic tool to assist LRS frontline providers in evaluating in-hospital mortality risk using only easy-to-obtain demographic and clinical input

SUBMITTER: Pigoga JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7996452 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature