Journal article
External validation of the 4C mortality score among COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective study
Abstract
Risk prediction scores are important tools to support clinical decision-making for patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The objective of this paper was to validate the 4C mortality score, originally developed in the United Kingdom, for a Canadian population, and to examine its performance over time. We conducted an external validation study within a registry of COVID-19 positive hospital admissions in the Kitchener-Waterloo and …
Authors
Jones A; Pitre T; Junek M; Kapralik J; Patel R; Feng E; Dawson L; Tsang JLY; Duong M; Ho T
Journal
Scientific Reports, Vol. 11, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1038/s41598-021-97332-1
ISSN
2045-2322