External Validation of 4C ISARIC Mortality Score in Critically ill COVID-19 Patients from Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

ISARIC mortality score is a risk stratification tool that helps predict the in-hospital mortality of COVID-19 patients. However, this tool was developed and validated in a British population, and thus, the external validation of this tool in local populations is important.

Objectives

External validation of the ISARIC mortality score in COVID-19 patients from a large Saudi Arabian intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods

This is a retrospective study that included all adult patients with COVID-19 admitted to the ICU of King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from March 2020 to June 2021. Patients who were pregnant or had pulmonary tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus were excluded along with patients with missing variables. Data were collected to calcul

SUBMITTER: Aletreby WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8869262 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature