After December 2019 outbreak in China, the novel Coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has very quickly overflowed worldwide. Infection causes a clinical syndrome encompassing a wide range of clinical features, from asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic course to acute respiratory distress and death. In a very recent work we preliminarily observed that several laboratory tests have been shown as characteristically altered in COVID-19. We aimed to use the Corona score, a validated point-based algorithm to predict the likelihood of COVID-19 infection in patients presenting at the Emergency rooms. This approach combines chest images-relative score and several laboratory parameters to classify emergency room patients. Corona score accuracy was satisfactory, increasing the detection of positive patients’ rate.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, RT-PCR, emergency room, laboratory markers, Corona score, 【초록키워드】 Infection, Clinical features, China, Asymptomatic, Corona, Accuracy, COVID-19 infection, outbreak, Chest, Algorithm, Patient, death, patients, predict, acute respiratory distress, Emergency, Laboratory test, syndrome, positive, approach, laboratory parameter, likelihood, Course, shown, cause, presenting, 【제목키워드】 Corona, score, marker, identify, false negative result,