Prospective validation and comparison of COVID-GRAM, NEWS2, 4C mortality score, CURB-65 for the prediction of critical illness in COVID-19 patients
Halil Yıldız, Diego Castanares‐Zapatero, Colin Hannesse, Denis Vandermeersch, Lucie Pothen, Jean Cyr Yombi
Abstract
TO THE EDITOR, When a patient is hospitalizated with COVID-19, prediction of the risk of development of severe or critical illness is of great importance [1]. Several risk scores have been described such as COVID-GRAM [2], National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS 2) [3] and 4C mortality score [4]. [...]
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Medicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Critical illnessProspective cohort studySeverity of illnessInternal medicineIntensive care medicineEmergency medicineCritically illVirologyDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts