| Literature DB >> 32479771 |
James B Galloway1, Sam Norton2, Richard D Barker3, Andrew Brookes4, Ivana Carey5, Benjamin D Clarke2, Raeesa Jina4, Carole Reid4, Mark D Russell2, Ruth Sneep4, Leah Sugarman4, Sarah Williams4, Mark Yates2, James Teo6, Ajay M Shah7, Fleur Cantle4.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate. There is urgent need to stratify patients. Understanding risk of deterioration will assist in admission and discharge decisions, and help selection for clinical studies to indicate where risk of therapy-related complications is justified.Entities:
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32479771 PMCID: PMC7258846 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.05.064
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect ISSN: 0163-4453 Impact factor: 6.072
Demographic and clinical characteristics on admission to hospital
Numbers are median (interquartile range) or n (%). Oxygen saturation based upon bedside pulse oximetry. .
| Characteristic | Hospital A ( | Hospital B ( | Total ( | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0 | 67 (55,80) | 74 (59,85) | 71 (57,82) |
| Male | 0 | 384 (57.0%) | 282 (58.4%) | 666 (57.6%) |
| Ethnicity | 145 | |||
| White | 186 (30.4%) | 338 (84.5%) | 524 (51.8%) | |
| Black or Black British | 303 (49.5%) | 27 (6.8%) | 330 (32.6%) | |
| Asian or Asian British | 37 (6.1%) | 19 (4.8%) | 56 (5.5%) | |
| Other or mixed | 86 (14.1%) | 16 (4.0%) | 247 (10.1%) | |
| Socially deprived area | 50 | 354 (56.0%) | 85 (17.9%) | 439 (39.7%) |
| O2 required | 0 | 300 (44.5%) | 222 (46.0%) | 522 (45.1%) |
| Respiratory rate | 51 | 20 (18,23) | 19 (18,20) | 20 (18,22) |
| Radiological score | 16 | 3 (2,4) | 2 (1,4) | 2 (1,4) |
| Lymphocytes cells x109/L | 0 | 1.0 (0.7,1.4) | 0.9 (0.6,1.3) | 1.0 (0.7,1.4) |
| Neutrophils cells x109/L | 1 | 5.4 (3.9,7.8) | 5.7 (3.8,8.1) | 5.5 (3.9,7.9) |
| CRP mg/L | 19 | 88.7 (42.5,151.4) | 70.5 (31.0,144.0) | 80.0 (37.0,149.0) |
| Albumin g/L | 10 | 37 (34,40) | 37 (34,40) | 37 (34,40) |
| Creatinine µmol/L | 5 | 96 (73,142) | 90 (70,124) | 93 (72,133) |
| Active malignancy | 1 | 53 (7.9%) | 65 (13.5%) | 118 (10.2%) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 1 | 116 (17.2%) | 73 (15.1%) | 189 (16.3%) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 1 | 281 (41.7%) | 127 (26.3%) | 408 (35.3%) |
| hypertension | 1 | 390 (57.9%) | 221 (45.9%) | 611 (52.9%) |
| ischaemic heart disease | 2 | 86 (12.8%) | 66 (13.7%) | 152 (13.2%) |
| Chronic lung disease | 1 | 131 (19.4%) | 103 (21.4%) | 234 (20.2%) |
Cumulative incidence of death, critical care admission and discharge.
| Days since admission | Death | Critical care | Discharge | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | 95% CI | Estimate | 95% CI | Estimate | 95% CI | |
| 2 | 3.3% | (2.5%,4.1%) | 5.9% | (4.8%,11.0%) | 7.7% | (6.5%,8.8%) |
| 7 | 13.6% | (11.7%,15.5%) | 9.8% | (8.1%,11.5%) | 33.1% | (30.5%,35.6%) |
| 14 | 20.3% | (17.9%,22.6%) | 11.5% | (9.7%,13.3%) | 51.3% | (48.4%,54.2%) |
| 21 | 23.9% | (21.3%,26.6%) | 12.4% | (10.4%,14.3%) | 59.5% | (56.4%,62.7%) |
| 28 | 26.1% | (23.1%,29.1%) | 12.8% | (10.7%,14.8%) | 63.9% | (60.5%,67.3%) |
Predictors of death and critical care admission. Estimates are adjusted for age and sex.
| Characteristic | Death | Critical care | Death or critical care | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR | p | 95%CI | HR | p | 95%CI | HR | p | 95%CI | |
| Age* | 2.51 | 0.000 | (1.62,3.91) | 1.51 | 0.006 | (1.12,2.01) | 1.53 | 0.281 | (0.70,3.30) |
| Age | 0.94 | 0.041 | (0.88,1.00) | 0.83 | 0.000 | (0.78,0.88) | 0.99 | 0.369 | (0.95,1.02) |
| Male | 1.59 | 0.000 | (1.23,2.06) | 1.41 | 0.043 | (1.01,1.96) | 1.51 | 0.000 | (1.22,1.86) |
| BAME | 1.19 | 0.241 | (0.89,1.58) | 1.53 | 0.007 | (1.12,2.09) | 1.20 | 0.093 | (0.97,1.50) |
| IMD | 1.06 | 0.658 | (0.81,1.39) | 1.07 | 0.672 | (0.78,1.46) | 1.05 | 0.666 | (0.85,1.30) |
| O2 required | 2.03 | 0.000 | (1.57,2.61) | 1.20 | 0.246 | (0.88,1.65) | 1.78 | 0.000 | (1.45,2.19) |
| O2 saturation | 0.88 | 0.000 | (0.84,0.92) | 0.93 | 0.014 | (0.88,0.99) | 0.89 | 0.000 | (0.87,0.92) |
| Respiratory rate | 1.02 | 0.039 | (1.00,1.05) | 1.06 | 0.000 | (1.04,1.07) | 1.03 | 0.004 | (1.01,1.06) |
| Radiological score | 1.23 | 0.000 | (1.16,1.31) | 1.49 | 0.000 | (1.39,1.59) | 1.35 | 0.000 | (1.29,1.42) |
| Lymphocytes* x109/L | 0.46 | 0.010 | (0.26,0.84) | 0.59 | 0.113 | (0.30,1.13) | 0.52 | 0.004 | (0.33,0.82) |
| Lymphocytes | 1.28 | 0.001 | (1.11,1.48) | 1.17 | 0.072 | (0.99,1.39) | 1.23 | 0.000 | (1.11,1.37) |
| Neutrophils x109/L | 1.06 | 0.000 | (1.02,1.09) | 1.09 | 0.000 | (1.05,1.13) | 1.08 | 0.000 | (1.06,1.11) |
| CRP* mg/L | 1.06 | 0.000 | (1.02,1.09) | 1.05 | 0.000 | (1.03,1.06) | 1.05 | 0.000 | (1.04,1.06) |
| Albumin g/L | 0.93 | 0.000 | (0.91,0.96) | 0.92 | 0.000 | (0.89,0.96) | 0.93 | 0.000 | (0.91,0.95) |
| Creatinine* µmol/L | 1.01 | 0.000 | (1.00,1.02) | 1.01 | 0.072 | (1.00,1.01) | 1.01 | 0.000 | (1.01,1.01) |
| Active Malignancy | 1.15 | 0.444 | (0.81,1.63) | 0.81 | 0.532 | (0.42,1.56) | 1.05 | 0.772 | (0.77,1.42) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 1.34 | 0.052 | (1.00,1.79) | 0.90 | 0.697 | (0.54,1.51) | 1.27 | 0.063 | (0.99,1.63) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 1.24 | 0.109 | (0.95,1.60) | 1.42 | 0.029 | (1.04,1.95) | 1.20 | 0.092 | (0.97,1.48) |
| Hypertension | 1.28 | 0.062 | (0.99,1.67) | 1.26 | 0.186 | (0.90,1.76) | 1.53 | 0.000 | (1.24,1.90) |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 1.26 | 0.137 | (0.93,1.72) | 0.88 | 0.649 | (0.51,1.52) | 1.13 | 0.359 | (0.87,1.49) |
| Chronic lung disease | 1.37 | 0.032 | (1.03,1.84) | 1.26 | 0.232 | (0.86,1.85) | 1.32 | 0.021 | (1.04,1.67) |
*Age, CRP and creatinine hazard ratios are for 10-point increases. **Age and lymphocyte count have a non-linear association with outcome and are also entered with polynomial terms (Age2, Lymphocytes2. Oxygen saturation based upon bedside pulse oximetry. BAME = Black, Asian and minority ethnic; IMD = index of multiple deprivation.
Fig. 1Association between age, gender, ethnicity and risk of critical care admission
Pr(Critical care) = probability of admission to critical care. BAME = Black, Asian and minority ethnic.
Fig. 2Estimated probabilities of death or critical care admission by increasing risk count
ICU = critical care admission.
Fig. 3Cumulative incidence of critical care admission or death versus discharge from hospital in patients with unweighted risk scores of less than 4 (Left) and 4 or higher (Right)
ICU = critical care admission.