Developing and evaluating NEWS to diganose and manage COVID-19 [COVID-19]
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Development, validation and evaluation of a suite of computerised risk scores based on the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) to support medical staff in hospitals to diagnose and manage covid-19.
IRAS ID
287612
Contact name
Donald Richardson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
We have shown that the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) can be supplemented with age, sex and blood test results to enhance its accuracy for predicting the risk of death and sepsis following unplanned admission to hospital and have successfully implemented a suite of computer-aided risk scores (CARS) in York NHS Trust (York hospital and Scarborough Hospitals) in the electronic health record. There is an urgent need to develop a suite of CARS in response to the covid-19 pandemic.
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