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Microorganisms
. 2022 Apr 12;10(4):806.
doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10040806.
A New Early Predictor of Fatal Outcome for COVID-19 in an Italian Emergency Department: The Modified Quick-SOFA
Matteo Guarino[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Benedetta Perna[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Francesca Remelli[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Francesca Cuoghi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alice Eleonora Cesaro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michele Domenico Spampinato[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Martina Maritati[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Carlo Contini[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Roberto De Giorgio[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Background: Since 2019, the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is causing a rapidly spreading pandemic. The present study aims to compare a modified quick SOFA (MqSOFA) score with the NEWS-2 score to predict in-hospital mortality (IHM), 30-days mortality and recovery setting.
Methods: All patients admitted from March to October 2020 to the Emergency Department of St. Anna Hospital, Ferrara, Italy with clinically suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection were retrospectively included in this single-centre study and evaluated with the MqSOFA and NEWS-2 scores. Statistical and logistic regression analyses were applied to our database.
Results: A total of 3359 individual records were retrieved. Among them, 2716 patients were excluded because of a negative nasopharyngeal swab and 206 for lacking data; thus, 437 patients were eligible. The data showed that the MqSOFA and NEWS-2 scores equally predicted IHM (p < 0.001) and 30-days mortality (p < 0.001). Higher incidences of coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular accidents, dementia, chronic kidney disease and cancer were found in the deceased vs. survived group.
Conclusions: In this study we confirmed that the MqSOFA score was non-inferior to the NEWS-2 score in predicting IHM and 30-days mortality. Furthermore, the MqSOFA score was easier to use than NEWS-2 and is more suitable for emergency settings. Neither the NEWS-2 nor the MqSOFA scores were able to predict the recovery setting.
Keywords: COVID-19; MqSOFA; NEWS2; SARS-CoV-2; in-hospital mortality; nCOV19.
. 2022 Apr 12;10(4):806.
doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10040806.
A New Early Predictor of Fatal Outcome for COVID-19 in an Italian Emergency Department: The Modified Quick-SOFA
Matteo Guarino[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Benedetta Perna[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Francesca Remelli[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Francesca Cuoghi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alice Eleonora Cesaro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michele Domenico Spampinato[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Martina Maritati[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Carlo Contini[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Roberto De Giorgio[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35456856
- PMCID: PMC9032690
- DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10040806
Abstract
Background: Since 2019, the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is causing a rapidly spreading pandemic. The present study aims to compare a modified quick SOFA (MqSOFA) score with the NEWS-2 score to predict in-hospital mortality (IHM), 30-days mortality and recovery setting.
Methods: All patients admitted from March to October 2020 to the Emergency Department of St. Anna Hospital, Ferrara, Italy with clinically suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection were retrospectively included in this single-centre study and evaluated with the MqSOFA and NEWS-2 scores. Statistical and logistic regression analyses were applied to our database.
Results: A total of 3359 individual records were retrieved. Among them, 2716 patients were excluded because of a negative nasopharyngeal swab and 206 for lacking data; thus, 437 patients were eligible. The data showed that the MqSOFA and NEWS-2 scores equally predicted IHM (p < 0.001) and 30-days mortality (p < 0.001). Higher incidences of coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular accidents, dementia, chronic kidney disease and cancer were found in the deceased vs. survived group.
Conclusions: In this study we confirmed that the MqSOFA score was non-inferior to the NEWS-2 score in predicting IHM and 30-days mortality. Furthermore, the MqSOFA score was easier to use than NEWS-2 and is more suitable for emergency settings. Neither the NEWS-2 nor the MqSOFA scores were able to predict the recovery setting.
Keywords: COVID-19; MqSOFA; NEWS2; SARS-CoV-2; in-hospital mortality; nCOV19.