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Comment
. 2022 Jul;85(1):e30-e32.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.04.013. Epub 2022 Apr 7.

Prognostic value of maximum NEWS-2 scores in addition to ISARIC 4C scores for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19

Syed Akbar  1 , Daniel Pan  2 , Abdlrzag Ehdode  1 , Reezwan Islam  1 , Abdulrahman Abouzaid  1 , Kumaran Balasundaram  1 , Mohannad Shihadeh  1 , Krish Patel  1 , Gehad Othman  1 , Onyeka Umerah  1 , Shirley Sze  3 , Daniela C Nicoara  1 , Gerrit Woltmann  4 , Julian W Tang  5
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Prognostic value of maximum NEWS-2 scores in addition to ISARIC 4C scores for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19

Syed Akbar et al. J Infect. 2022 Jul.
No abstract available

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Fig. 1
A. Forest plot showing variables relating to mortality on multivariable logistic regression analysis. B. Receiver operating curves for the multivariable logistic regression model. Model A (top): without including the highest NEWS-2 score (variables included: antibiotic administration, steroid administration, ISARIC score). Model B (bottom): including the highest NEWS-2 score (including the same variables as shown in A).
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