Comparison of four different threshold values of shock index in predicting mortality of COVID-19 patients.
Rohat AkFatih DoğanayPublished in: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness (2021)
Early triage of COVID-19 patients will ensure efficient use of healthcare resources. The SI could be a helpful, fast and powerful tool for predicting mortality status and ICU requirements of adult COVID-19 patients. It was concluded that the most useful threshold value for the shock index in predicting the prognosis of COVID-19 patients is 0.9.