Predicting Progression of COVID-19 Infection to Prioritize Medical Resource Allocation: A Novel Triage Model Based on Patient Characteristics and Symptoms at Presentation

Background: The COVID-19 global pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to health care systems all over the world. The speed of the viral spread results in a tsunami of patients, which begs for a reliable screening tool using readily available data to predict disease progression.Methods: Multice...

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Main Authors: Yuexing Tu, Xianlong Zhou, Lina Shao, Jiayin Zheng, Jiafeng Wang, Yixin Wang, Weiwei Tong, Mingshan Wang, Jia Wu, Junpeng Zhu, Rong Yan, Yemin Ji, Legao Chen, Di Zhu, Huafang Wang, Sheng Chen, Renyang Liu, Jingyang Lin, Jun Zhang, Haijun Huang, Yan Zhao, Minghua Ge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.610280/full