ABC-GOALScl score predicts admission to the intensive care unit and mortality of COVID-19 patients over 60 years of age.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One of the risk factors for getting seriously ill from COVID-19 and reaching high mortality rates is older age. Older age is also associated with comorbidities, which are risk factors for severe COVID-19 infection. Among the tools that have been evaluated to predict intensive care unit (ICU) admission and mortality is ABC-GOALScl.

Aim

In the present study we validated the utility of ABC-GOALScl to predict in-hospital mortality in subjects over 60 years of age who were positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus at the moment of admission with the purpose of optimizing sanitary resources and offering personalized treatment for these patients.

Methods

This was an observational, descriptive, transversal, non-interventional and retrospective study of subjects (≥ 60 years of

SUBMITTER: Camacho-Moll ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9999052 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature