Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19: systematic review and critical appraisal

L Wynants, B Van Calster, GS Collins, RD Riley… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To review and appraise the validity and usefulness of published and preprint
reports of prediction models for prognosis of patients with covid-19, and for detecting people …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors and microbiology of respiratory and bloodstream bacterial infection in patients with COVID-19: living rapid review update and meta-regression

BJ Langford, M So, V Leung, S Raybardhan… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The prevalence of bacterial infection in patients with COVID-19 is low, however,
empiric antibiotic use is high. Risk stratification may be needed to minimize unnecessary …

[HTML][HTML] Serum S100B protein as a marker of severity in Covid-19 patients

A Aceti, LM Margarucci, E Scaramucci, M Orsini… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection shows a wide-ranging clinical severity, requiring prognostic markers.
We focused on S100B, a calcium-binding protein present in biological fluids, being a …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic diseases as a predictor for severity and mortality of COVID-19: a systematic review with cumulative meta-analysis

JS Geng, XL Yu, HN Bao, Z Feng, XY Yuan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Given the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the
consequent global healthcare crisis, there is an urgent need to better understand risk factors …

The diagnostic and prognostic role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AAAMM Alkhatip, MG Kamel, MK Hamza… - Expert review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The world urgently requires surrogate markers to diagnose COVID-19 and
predict its progression. The severity is not easily predicted via currently used biomarkers …

Development of severe COVID-19 adaptive risk predictor (SCARP), a calculator to predict severe disease or death in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

S Wongvibulsin, BT Garibaldi, AAR Antar… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Predicting the clinical trajectory of individual patients hospitalized with
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is challenging but necessary to inform clinical care …

Exclusion of bacterial co-infection in COVID-19 using baseline inflammatory markers and their response to antibiotics

CY Mason, T Kanitkar, CJ Richardson… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background COVID-19 is infrequently complicated by bacterial co-infection, but antibiotic
prescriptions are common. We used community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) as a benchmark …

EULAR points to consider on pathophysiology and use of immunomodulatory therapies in COVID-19

A Alunno, A Najm, PM Machado… - Annals of the …, 2021 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Severe systemic inflammation associated with some stages of COVID-19 and in
fatal cases led therapeutic agents developed or used frequently in Rheumatology being at …

COVID‐19 and its cardiovascular effects: a systematic review of prevalence studies

Cochrane Heart Group, P Pellicori… - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background A small minority of people with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) develop
a severe illness, characterised by inflammation, microvascular damage and coagulopathy …

[HTML][HTML] Brescia-COVID Respiratory Severity Scale (BRCSS) and Quick SOFA (qSOFA) score are most useful in showing severity in COVID-19 patients

I San, E Gemcioglu, S Baser, N Yilmaz Cakmak… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
In this study, we compare the predictive value of clinical scoring systems that are already in
use in patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including the Brescia-COVID …