• J. Med. Internet Res. · Apr 2021

    Multicenter Study

    Prediction Models for the Clinical Severity of Patients With COVID-19 in Korea: Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study.

    • Bumjo Oh, Suhyun Hwangbo, Taeyeong Jung, Kyungha Min, Chanhee Lee, Catherine Apio, Hyejin Lee, Seungyeoun Lee, Min Kyong Moon, Shin-Woo Kim, and Taesung Park.
    • Department of Family Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
    • J. Med. Internet Res. 2021 Apr 16; 23 (4): e25852.

    BackgroundLimited information is available about the present characteristics and dynamic clinical changes that occur in patients with COVID-19 during the early phase of the illness.ObjectiveThis study aimed to develop and validate machine learning models based on clinical features to assess the risk of severe disease and triage for COVID-19 patients upon hospital admission.MethodsThis retrospective multicenter cohort study included patients with COVID-19 who were released from quarantine until April 30, 2020, in Korea. A total of 5628 patients were included in the training and testing cohorts to train and validate the models that predict clinical severity and the duration of hospitalization, and the clinical severity score was defined at four levels: mild, moderate, severe, and critical.ResultsOut of a total of 5601 patients, 4455 (79.5%), 330 (5.9%), 512 (9.1%), and 301 (5.4%) were included in the mild, moderate, severe, and critical levels, respectively. As risk factors for predicting critical patients, we selected older age, shortness of breath, a high white blood cell count, low hemoglobin levels, a low lymphocyte count, and a low platelet count. We developed 3 prediction models to classify clinical severity levels. For example, the prediction model with 6 variables yielded a predictive power of >0.93 for the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. We developed a web-based nomogram, using these models.ConclusionsOur prediction models, along with the web-based nomogram, are expected to be useful for the assessment of the onset of severe and critical illness among patients with COVID-19 and triage patients upon hospital admission.©Bumjo Oh, Suhyun Hwangbo, Taeyeong Jung, Kyungha Min, Chanhee Lee, Catherine Apio, Hyejin Lee, Seungyeoun Lee, Min Kyong Moon, Shin-Woo Kim, Taesung Park. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 16.04.2021.

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