Study objective The goal of this study is to create a predictive, interpretable model of early
hospital respiratory failure among emergency department (ED) patients admitted with …

Background There is a need for validated clinical risk scores to identify patients at risk of
severe disease and to guide decision-making during the covid-19 pandemic. The National …

Methods Consecutive adult admissions with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 were included in this
single-centre retrospective UK cohort study. We analysed all electronic clinical observations …

Study objective Most coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reports have focused on severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) positive patients. However, at …

Objectives Rapid and early severity‐of‐illness assessment appears to be important for
critically ill patients with novel coronavirus disease (COVID‐19). This study aimed to …

Introduction COVID-19 has an unpredictable clinical course, so prognostic biomarkers
would be invaluable when triaging patients on admission to hospital. Many biomarkers have …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, yet, due to the lack of a COVID-19-specific
tool, clinicians must use pre-existing illness severity scores for initial prognostication …

Background COVID-19 may lead to severe disease, requiring intensive care treatment and
challenging the capacity of health care systems. The aim of this study was to compare the …

Objectives We aimed to derive and validate a triage tool, based on clinical assessment
alone, for predicting adverse outcome in acutely ill adults with suspected COVID-19 …

Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the National Early
Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) is recommended for the risk stratification of COVID-19 patients …