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    4C Mortality Score for COVID-19

    Predicts in-hospital mortality in patients admitted with COVID-19.

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Use with admitted patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

    When to Use
    Pearls/Pitfalls
    Why Use

    Apply to risk stratify patients who are admitted with COVID-19.

    • Designed specifically for hospitalized COVID-19 patients. This may not apply to patients seen in the outpatient setting.
    • Requires eight specific predictors of mortality, not all of which may be immediately available in all settings (e.g. CRP).  
    • Patient population in the study had a median age of 73 years old, 82% white, with an overall mortality of 32.2%. All patients were from England, Scotland, and Wales. Consider when applying this to your patient population

    Risk stratification of admitted COVID-19 patients to aid in determining mortality risk, decision for level of care, and prognostication.

    <50
    0
    50-59
    +2
    60-69
    +4
    70-79
    +6
    ≥80
    +7
    Female
    0
    Male
    +1
    0
    0
    1
    +1
    ≥2
    +2
    <20
    0
    20-29
    +1
    ≥30
    +2
    ≥92%
    0
    <92%
    +2
    BUN
    Urea
    <19.6 mg/dL
    0
    ≥19.6 to ≤39.2 mg/dL
    +1
    >39.2 mg/dL
    +3
    <50 mg/L (<5 mg/dL)
    0
    50-99 mg/L (5-9.9 mg/dL)
    +1
    ≥100 mg/L (≥10 mg/dL)
    +2

    Result:

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    Creator Insights
    Dr. Ewen M. Harrison

    About the Creator

    Ewen M. Harrison, PhD, MBChB, FRCS, MSc, is a professor of surgery and data science at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He is also the lead of the surgical informatics group in the Centre for Medical Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Harrison's primary research is focused on the crowd-sourcing of patient level data, wearable technology, and global surgery.

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