Development and validation of nomogram to predict severe illness requiring intensive care follow up in hospitalized COVID-19 cases.
Hatice Rahmet GünerBircan KayaaslanImran HasanogluAdalet AypakHurrem BodurIhsan AtesEsragul AkinciDeniz ErdemFatma EserSeval IzdesAyse Kaya KalemAliye BastugAysegul KaralezliAziz Ahmet SurelMuge AyhanSelma KaraahmetogluIsıl Ozkocak TuranEmine ArguderBurcu ÖzdemirNevzat Mehmet MutluYesim Aybar BilirElif Mukime SarıcaogluDerya GokcinarSibel GunayBedia DincEmin GemciogluRuveyda BilmezOmer AydosDilek AsilturkOsman InanTuran BuzğanPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)
We developed a simple, accessible, easy-to-use nomogram with good distinctive power for severe illness requiring ICU follow-up. Clinicians can easily predict the course of COVID-19 and decide the procedure and facility of further follow-up by using clinical and laboratory values of patients available upon admission.