Predictive accuracy of enhanced versions of the on-admission National Early Warning Score in estimating the risk of COVID-19 for unplanned admission to hospital: a retrospective development and validation study

Abstract Background The novel coronavirus SARS-19 produces ‘COVID-19’ in patients with symptoms. COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital require early assessment and care including isolation. The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) and its updated version NEWS2 is a simple physiological scoring s...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Faisal, Mohammed Amin Mohammed, Donald Richardson, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Massimo Fiori, Kevin Beatson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06951-x