June 22, 2020

Identification and Validation of a Novel Clinical Signature to Predict the Prognosis in Confirmed COVID-19 Patients

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• Wu et al. constructed a prognostic signature for COVID-19 composed of five indicators (neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, procalcitonin, older age, and C-reactive protein) among 270 patients with confirmed COVID-19. They showed that the combined predictive ability of the signature surpassed the use of each of the five indicators alone and concluded that it could be used as a risk assessment for closely monitoring patients. 

Wu et al. (June 18, 2020). Identification and Validation of a Novel Clinical Signature to Predict the Prognosis in Confirmed COVID-19 Patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa793