Validation of a simplified comorbidity evaluation predicting clinical outcomes among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 – A multicenter retrospective observation study

We compared and validated the performance accuracy of simplified comorbidity evaluation compared to the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) predicting COVID-19 severity. In addition, we also determined whether risk prediction of COVID-19 severity changed during different COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - March 9, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: James P. d'Etienne, Naomi Alanis, Eric Chou, John S. Garrett, Jessica J. Kirby, David P. Bryant, Sajid Shaikh, Chet D. Schrader, Hao Wang Source Type: research