Open AccessCURB-65 plus hypoalbuminemia: a new score system for prediction of the in-hospital mortality risk in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia
Author(s) -
Alessandra Oliva,
Cristian Borrazzo,
Maria Teresa Mascellino,
Ambrogio Curtolo,
Dania Al Ismail,
Francesca Cancelli,
Gioacchino Galardo,
Tommaso Bucci,
Giancarlo Ceccarelli,
Gabriella d’Ettorre,
Francesco Pugliese,
C. M. Mastroianni,
Mario Venditti
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
le infezioni in medicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2532-8689
pISSN - 1124-9390
DOI - 10.53854/liim-2903-12
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoalbuminemia , pneumonia , intensive care unit , emergency medicine , area under the curve , receiver operating characteristic , covid-19 , emergency department , framingham risk score , severity of illness , retrospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , disease , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty)
There is the need of a simple but highly reliable score system for stratifying the risk of mortality and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) transfer in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia at the Emergency Room.