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  • * Rapid clinical assessment tools are crucial for optimizing patient care and hospital resource allocation during pandemics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To develop an individualized risk analysis model for intensive care unit (ICU) admission or death in COVID-19 patients.
  • * To facilitate rapid clinical management and enhance medical resource resilience.

Main Methods:

  • * An observational, analytical, retrospective cohort study with longitudinal follow-up.
  • * Data collected from 3489 RT-qPCR confirmed COVID-19 patients in Madrid, Spain (February-June 2020).
  • * A regression model was employed to determine the relative importance of various patient variables.

Main Results:

  • * Basal oxygen saturation (20.3%), age (17.7%), and lymphocyte/leukocyte ratio (14.4%) were the most significant predictors of risk.
  • * Other important variables included CRP value (12.5%), comorbidities (12.5%), and leukocyte count (8.9%).
  • * Risk stratification identified low (<5%), medium (5-20%), and high (>20%) risk levels for ICU admission or death.

Conclusions:

  • * The developed predictive model effectively individualizes the risk of adverse outcomes for hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
  • * This tool supports rapid clinical decision-making and improves the management of critical care resources.