Development and Validation of a Clinical Risk Score to Predict the Occurrence of Critical Illness in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
Researchers have developed a web-based risk calculator to estimate the probability that a COVID-19 patient will develop critical illness, defined as intensive care unit admission, invasive ventilation, or death. Reporting in JAMA Internal Medicine, the researchers examined the hospital records of nearly 1600 patients in China and assessed 72 potential risk factors. They found that the following 10 variables at admission were associated with increased risk for critical illness: chest radiographic abnormality, age, hemoptysis, dyspnea, unconsciousness, number of comorbidities, cancer history, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, lactate dehydrogenase, and direct bilirubin.
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