A score combining early detection of cytokines accurately predicts COVID-19 severity and intensive care unit transfer
Author(s) -
Carole Nagant,
Fanny Ponthieux,
Julie Smet,
Nicolás Dauby,
V. Doyen,
Tatiana BesseHammer,
David De Bels,
Evelyne Maillart,
Francis Corazza
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.003
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , severity of illness , mechanical ventilation , triage , covid-19 , apache ii , critically ill , cytokine , disease , illness severity , predictive value of tests , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty)
We aimed to explore cytokine profile in patients as it relates to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity, and to establish a predictive cytokine score to discriminate severe from non-severe cases and provide a prognosis parameter for patients that will require intensive care unit (ICU) transfer.
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