Chest X-ray Score and Frailty as Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Older Adults with COVID-19.

Sara CecchiniMirko di RosaLuca SoraciAlessia FumagalliClementina MisuracaDaniele ColomboIacopo PiomboniFrancesca CarnevaliEnrico PaciRoberta GaleazziPiero GiordanoMassimiliano FedecostanteAntonio CherubiniFabrizia Lattanzio

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)

CXR score, CFS, and presence of fever were the main predictors of in-hospital mortality in our cohort of hospitalized older patients with COVID-19. Adding frailty and presence of fever to the CXR score statistically improved predictive accuracy compared to single risk factors.

Keyphrases

risk factors
community dwelling
physical activity
coronavirus disease
sars cov
high resolution
computed tomography
middle aged