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Published in final edited form as: J Hosp Med. 2023 Apr 14;18(5):413–423. doi: 10.1002/jhm.13106

Table 4.

Test characteristics of point-of-care severity scores for predicting prognosis in patients admitted through the emergency department (ED) with COVID-19, stratified by availability of vital signs and DNR status

In-hospital Mortality
24-hour Score AUROC (95% CI) n=90,376 12-hour Score AUROC (95% CI) n=85,531 6-hour Score AUROC (95% CI) n=68,818 24-hr Score excluding DNR POA AUROC (95% CI) n=81,651 24-hr Score excluding those without GCS AUROC (95% CI) n=22,052
qSOFA ≥ 2 0.53 (0.53–0.53) 0.53 (0.53–0.53) 0.52 (0.52–0.53) 0.53 (0.53–0.53) 0.58 (0.57–0.59)
Shock Index > 0.7 0.52 (0.51–0.52) 0.51 (0.51–0.52 0.51 (0.51–0.52) 0.52 (0.51–0.52) 0.52 (0.51–0.52)
NEWS2 ≥ 5 0.59 (0.59–0.60) 0.59 (0.59–0.59) 0.59 (0.58–0.59) 0.59 (0.59–0.60) 0.61 (0.60–0.62)
qCSI ≥ 4 0.56 (0.56–0.57) 0.56 (0.56–0.57) 0.57 (0.56–0.57) 0.57 (0.56–0.57) 0.56 (0.55–0.57)
Intensive Care Unit Admission
qSOFA ≥ 2 0.52 (0.52–0.53) 0.52 (0.52–0.52) 0.52 (0.52–0.52) 0.52 (0.52–0.53) 0.57 (0.56–0.57)
Shock Index > 0.7 0.54 (0.54–0.54) 0.54 (0.53–0.54) 0.53 (0.53–0.54) 0.54 (0.53–0.54) 0.54 (0.54–0.55)
NEWS2 ≥ 5 0.60 (0.60–0.61) 0.60 (0.60–0.61) 0.60 (0.59–0.60) 0.60 (0.60–0.61) 0.61 (0.60–0.62)
qCSI ≥ 4 0.56 (0.56–0.57) 0.57 (0.56–0.57) 0.57 (0.57–0.58) 0.56 (0.56–0.57) 0.56 (0.55–0.57)
Need for Mechanical Ventilation
qSOFA ≥ 2 0.53 (0.527–0.532) 0.53 (0.53–0.53) 0.52 (0.52–0.52) 0.53 (0.53–0.54) 0.58 (0.57–0.59)
Shock Index > 0.7 0.55 (0.54–0.55) 0.53 (0.53–0.54) 0.53 (0.53–0.54) 0.55 (0.54–0.55) 0.54 (0.53–0.55)
NEWS2 ≥ 5 0.61 (0.61–0.62) 0.61 (0.61–0.62) 0.61 (0.60–0.61) 0.62 (0.62–0.62) 0.61 (0.61–0.62)
qCSI ≥ 4 0.57 (0.56–0.57) 0.57 (0.57–0.58) 0.58 (0.58–0.59) 0.57 (0.57–0.58) 0.57 (0.56–0.58)
Need for Vasopressors
qSOFA ≥ 2 0.54 (0.53–0.54) 0.52 (0.53–0.54) 0.53 (0.53–0.53) 0.54 (0.54–0.54) 0.58 (0.58–0.59)
Shock Index > 0.7 0.54 (0.54–0.55) 0.55 (0.54–0.56) 0.55 (0.54–0.55) 0.54 (0.53–0.55) 0.55 (0.54–0.56)
NEWS2 ≥ 5 0.60 (0.60–0.60) 0.60 (0.60–0.61) 0.60 (0.60–0.61) 0.60 (0.57–0.61) 0.62 (0.61–0.63)
qCSI ≥ 4 0.57 (0.56–0.57) 0.57 (0.57–0.58) 0.58 (0.58–0.59) 0.57 (0.56–0.57) 0.57 (0.56–0.58)

AUROC: Area under the receiver operator characterics curve; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; DNR POA: Do not resuscitate present on admission; GCS: Glasgow Coma Score; highest values in each column appear in bold