Categorization of COVID-19 severity to determine mortality risk.

Elizabeth M Garry Andrew R Weckstein Kenneth Quinto Marie C Bradley Tamar Lasky Aloka G Chakravarty Sandy Leonard Sarah E Vititoe Imaani J Easthausen Jeremy A Rassen Nicolle M Gatto

Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2022)

As expected, we observed a positive association between the algorithm-defined severity on admission and 28-day mortality risk and rate. Although performance remains to be validated, this provides some assurance that this algorithm may be used for confounding control or stratification in treatment effect studies.

Keyphrases

machine learning
deep learning
coronavirus disease
sars cov
emergency department
neural network
quality control