Development of simple and sensitive score to assess the risk of pneumonia in Covid-19 patients
Rev. invest. clín
; Rev. invest. clín;73(1): 52-58, Jan.-Feb. 2021. tab, graf
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BR1.1
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Background:
Severe pneumonia is the most common cause of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death due to novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) respiratory disease (COVID-19). Due to its rapid outbreak, units for the evaluation of febrile patients in the pre-hospital setting were created.Objective:
The objective of the study was to develop a sensitive and simple tool to assess the risk of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients and thus select which patients would require a chest imaging study. Materials andMethods:
We conducted a cross-sectional study in a cohort of individuals with suspected COVID-19 evaluated in a public academic healthcare center in Buenos Aires city. All adult patients with positive RT-PCR assay for SARS-COV2 between April 24 and May 19 of 2020 were included in the study. Pneumonia was defined as the presence of compatible signs and symptoms with imaging confirmation. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression was performed. A risk indicator score was developed.Results:
One hundred and forty-eight patients were included, 71 (48%) received the diagnosis of pneumonia. The final clinical model included four variables age ≥ 40 years, cough, absence of sore throat, and respiratory rate ≥ 22. To create the score, we assigned values to the variables according to their ORs 2 points for respiratory rate ≥ 22 and 1 point to the other variables. The AUC of the ROC curve was 0.80 (CI 95% 0.73-0.86). A cutoff value of 2 showed a sensitivity of 95.7% and a specificity of 43.24%.Conclusion:
This sensible score may improve the risk stratification of COVID-19 patients in the pre-hospital setting. (REV INVEST CLIN. 2021;73(1)52-8)Key words
النص الكامل:
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الفهرس:
LILACS
الموضوع الرئيسي:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Fever
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COVID-19
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Intensive Care Units
نوع الدراسة:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
المحددات:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
البلد/الأقليم حسب الموضوع:
America do sul
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Argentina
اللغة:
En
مجلة:
Rev. invest. clín
موضوع المجلة:
MEDICINA
السنة:
2021
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Article