Research Article
NUTRIC Score Is Not Superior to mNUTRIC Score in Prediction of Mortality of COVID-19 Patients
Table 2
The demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.
| | | n (%) |
| | Gender | | Male | 200 (62.1) | | Female | 122 (37.9) |
| | Comorbidities | | Diabetes mellitus | 127 (39.4) | | Hypertension | 203 (63) | | Coronary artery disease | 94 (29.2) | | Heart failure | 24 (7.5) | | Arrhythmia | 18 (5.6) | | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 40 (12.4) | | Asthma | 19 (5.9) | | Kidney failure | 29 (9) | | Malignancy | 24 (7.5) | | History of cerebrovascular event | 23 (7.1) | | Alzheimer’s disease | 31 (9.6) | | Parkinson’s disease | 3 (0.9) | | Liver disease | 4 (1.2) | | Anxiety/panic disorder | 9 (2.8) |
| | Number of comorbidities | | 0 | 49 (15.2) | | 1 | 50 (15.5) | | 2 | 101 (31.4) | | 3 | 83 (25.8) | | 4 | 28 (8.7) | | 5 | 11 (3.4) |
| | Patient outcome | | Surviving | 137 (42.5) | | Exitus | 185 (57.5) |
| | Severity according to CDC | | Severe pneumonia | 255 (79.2) | | Critical disease | 67 (20.8) | | Nasal cannula/mask requirement | 281 (87.3) | | High-flow nasal oxygen requirement | 223 (69.3) | | Noninvasive mechanical ventilator requirement | 73 (22.7) | | Invasive mechanical ventilator requirement | 189 (58.7) | | Use of vasopressors on admittance to ICU | 67 (20.8) | | Requirement for vasopressors in ICU | 145 (45) | | Acute kidney injury | 105 (32.6) | | Requirement for dialysis and/or CRRT | 71 (22) |
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CDC, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention; CRRT, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy; ICU, Intensive Care Unit.
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