A novel epidemiological scoring system for the prediction of mortality in COVID-19 patients.

Prabhakar MishraRatender Kumar SinghAlok NathShantanu PandeAnil AgarwalOm Prakash SanjeevDevendra GuptaPrateek SinghTanmoy GhatakZia HashimVansh KhareSandeep KhubaAmit RastogiRadha K Dhiman

Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2021)

The CSS shows a positive relationship between a higher score and proportion of mortality and, as its validation showed, it is useful for the prediction of risk of mortality in COVID-19 patients at an early stage, so that referral for triage and admission can be predetermined even before admission to hospital.

Keyphrases

emergency department
early stage
cardiovascular events
sars cov
risk factors
coronavirus disease
primary care
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes
drug induced