High systolic blood pressure at hospital admission is an important risk factor in models predicting outcome of COVID-19 patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Using an unbiased approach, we developed models predicting outcome of COVID-19 patients based on data available at hospital admission. This can contribute to evidence-based risk prediction and appropriate decision-making at hospital triage to provide the most appropriate care and ensure the best patient outcome. High SBP, a cause of end-organ damage and an important comorbid factor, was identified as a covariate in both mortality and survival prediction models.
PMID: 33386395 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Hypertension - January 2, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Caillon A, Zhao K, Klein KO, Greenwood C, Lu Z, Paradis P, Schiffrin EL Tags: Am J Hypertens Source Type: research