Scoring system for the diagnosis of COVID-19
Open Public Health Journal
; 13(1):413-414, 2020.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-731036
ABSTRACT
Due to the international spread of COVID-19, the difficulty of collecting nasopharyngeal swab specimen from all suspected patients, the costs of RT-PCR and CT, and the false negative results of RT-PCR assay in 41% of COVID-19 patients, a scoring system is needed to classify the suspected patients in order to determine the need for follow-up, home isolation, quarantine or the conduction of further investigations. A scoring system is proposed as a diagnostic tool for suspected patients. It includes Epidemiological Evidence of Exposure, Clinical Symptoms and Signs, and Investigations (if available). This scoring system is simple, could be calculated in a few minutes, and incorporates the main possible data/findings of any patient.
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Databases of international organizations
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EMBASE
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Open Public Health Journal
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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