Open AccessDiagnostic Performance of a Blood Urea Nitrogen to Creatinine Ratio-based Nomogram for Predicting In-hospital Mortality in COVID-19 Patients
Author(s) -
Qingquan Liu,
Yiru Wang,
Xin Zhao,
Lixuan Wang,
Feng Liu,
Tao Wang,
Dawei Ye,
Yongman Lv
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s278365
Subject(s) - nomogram , medicine , youden's j statistic , creatinine , cohort , blood urea nitrogen , logistic regression , area under the curve , receiver operating characteristic
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is leading to high morbidity and mortality. This aim of this study was to test whether blood urea nitrogen-to-creatinine ratio (BCR) is a predictor for mortality in patients with COVID-19.