Analysis of Clinical Criteria for Discharge Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model.
Jeffrey Lawrence SchnipperSandra OreperColin C HubbardDax KurbegovShanna A Arnold EgloffNader NajafiGilmer ValdesZishan SiddiquiKevin J O 'LearyLeora I HorwitzTiffany LeeAndrew D AuerbachPublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2024)
This large retrospective study identified several factors associated with post-discharge readmission or death in models which performed with good discrimination. Patients 7 or fewer days since test positivity and who demonstrate potentially reversible risk factors may benefit from delaying discharge until those risk factors resolve.