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An Easy-To-Use Prehospital Severity Scoring Tool To Triage COVID-19 Positive Adults In A Resource-Limited Setting
Danish Ali1, Mustafa Zubairi2, Maaha Ayub3
1Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Objectives:
To develop an easy-to-use severity scoring tool for prehospital triage of patients infected by the coronavirus disease-2019 in resource-limited settings.
Methods:
The cohort study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, from August to September 2020, and comprised adult patients of either gender who tested positive for coronavirus disease-2019 on real-time polymerase chain reaction. The scoring system and categorisation were based on validated scales for the detection of pneumonia and opinions from pulmonologists. Data was analysed using SPSS 19.
Results:
Of the 206 participants, 100(48.5%) were in-patients and 106(51.5%) were out-patients. There were 144(69.9%) males and 62(30.1%) females with an overall mean age of 48.4±16.2 years. After categorisation based on severity, significantly higher number of in-patients were found to be in categories III and IV (p<0.05).
Conclusions:
The severity scoring tool could effectively help classify coronavirus disease-2019 patients into mild, moderate and severe cases.
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