A simple prognostic score based on troponin and presepsin for COVID-19 patients admitted to the emergency department: a single-center pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The need to determine prognostic factors that can predict a particularly severe or, conversely, the benign course of COVID-19 is particularly perceived in the Emergency Department (ED), considering the scarcity of resources for a conspicuous mass of patients. The aim of our study was to identify some predictors for 30-day mortality among some clinical, laboratory, and ultrasound variables in a COVID-19 patients population.

Methods

Prospective single-center pilot study conducted in an ED of a University Hospital. A consecutive sample of confirmed COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure was enrolled from March 8th to April 15th, 2020.

Results

143 patients were enrolled. Deceased patients (n = 65) were older (81 vs. 61 years, p <0.001), and they had m

SUBMITTER: Dell'Aquila P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8477102 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature