Predictive performance of SOFA & qSOFA for in-hospital mortality in patients with severe novel coronavirus disease

Dominic Xiang Wang¹, Michael Ke Wang², Bram Rochwerg³, Karen E A Burns⁴

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¹ Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: dwang2021@meds.uwo.ca.
² Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 33722433
PMCID: PMC7939992
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.03.009

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Predictive performance of SOFA & qSOFA for in-hospital mortality in patients with severe novel coronavirus disease

Dominic Xiang Wang et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec:50:793-794.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.03.009. Epub 2021 Mar 9.

Authors

Dominic Xiang Wang¹, Michael Ke Wang², Bram Rochwerg³, Karen E A Burns⁴

Affiliations

¹ Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: dwang2021@meds.uwo.ca.
² Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 33722433
PMCID: PMC7939992
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.03.009

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Keywords: COVID-19; Critical care; Likelihood functions; Organ dysfunction scores; Prognosis.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no competing sources of interest.

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Predictive performance of SOFA and qSOFA for in-hospital mortality in severe novel coronavirus disease.
Liu S, Yao N, Qiu Y, He C. Liu S, et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Oct;38(10):2074-2080. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.07.019. Epub 2020 Jul 12. Am J Emerg Med. 2020. PMID: 33142178 Free PMC article.

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