Clinical update on COVID-19 for the emergency clinician: Presentation and evaluation

B Long, BM Carius, S Chavez, SY Liang… - The American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in millions of cases
worldwide. As the pandemic has progressed, the understanding of this disease has evolved …

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 …

Mental and neurological disorders and risk of COVID-19 susceptibility, illness severity and mortality: a systematic review, meta-analysis and call for action

L Liu, SY Ni, W Yan, QD Lu, YM Zhao, YY Xu… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has evolved into a worldwide
pandemic, and has been found to be closely associated with mental and neurological …

Chest radiograph scoring alone or combined with other risk scores for predicting outcomes in COVID-19

I Au-Yong, Y Higashi, E Giannotti, A Fogarty… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Radiographic severity may help predict patient deterioration and outcomes from
COVID-19 pneumonia. Purpose To assess the reliability and reproducibility of three chest …

Frailty assessment in the emergency department for risk stratification of COVID-19 patients aged≥ 80 years

M Covino, A Russo, S Salini, G De Matteis… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate, in a cohort of adults aged≥ 80 years, the overlapping effect of
clinical severity, comorbidities, cognitive impairment, and frailty, for the in-hospital death risk …

Predictors of in-hospital mortality AND death RISK STRATIFICATION among COVID-19 PATIENTS aged≥ 80 YEARs OLD

M Covino, G De Matteis, DA Della Polla… - Archives of gerontology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction: To date, mainly due to age-related vulnerability and to coexisting comorbidities,
older patients often face a more severe COVID-19. This study aimed to identify at …

Comparison of mortality risk evaluation tools efficacy in critically ill COVID-19 patients

V Vicka, E Januskeviciute, S Miskinyte… - BMC Infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the number of patients admitted to the
intensive care unit (ICU) is still increasing. The aim of our article is to estimate which of the …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the discrimination and absolute mortality predicted by the National Early Warning Scores according to different cut-off values and …

M Holland, J Kellett - European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Although early warning scores were intended to simply identify patients in need
of life-saving interventions, prediction has become their commonest metric. This review …

Long-term effects of hospitalization for COVID-19 on frailty and quality of life in older adults≥ 80 years

M Covino, A Russo, S Salini, G De Matteis… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effects of frailty and the perceived quality of life
(QOL) on the long-term survival (at least 1 year) of patients≥ 80 years hospitalized for …

Performance of the CURB‐65, ISARIC‐4C and COVID‐GRAM scores in terms of severity for COVID‐19 patients

F Doğanay, R Ak - International journal of clinical practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background In the COVID‐19 pandemic, difficulties have been experienced in the provision
of healthcare services because of excessive patient admissions to hospitals and emergency …