The Age-AST-D Dimer (AAD) Regression Model Predicts Severe COVID-19 Disease.
María de Fátima Higuera de la TijeraAlfredo Servín-CaamañoDaniel Reyes-HerreraArgelia Flores-LópezEnrique J A Robiou-ViveroFelipe Martínez-RiveraVictor Galindo-HernándezVictor H Rosales-SalyanoCatalina Casillas-SuárezOscar Chapa-AzuelaAlfonso Chávez-MoralesBilly Jiménez-BobadillaMaría L Hernández-MedelBenjamín Orozco-ZúñigaJed R Zacarías-EzzatSantiago CamachoJosé Luis Pérez HernándezPublished in: Disease markers (2021)
The elevation of AST (a possible marker of early liver injury) along with DD and age efficiently predict early (at admission time) probability of ICU admission during the clinical course of COVID-19. The AAD model can improve the comprehensive management of COVID-19 patients, and it could be useful as a triage tool to early classify patients with a high risk of developing a severe clinical course of the disease.