Usefulness of the Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) Index for Predicting Short-Term Mortality among Patients of the COLOS Study

• Published in: Journal of clinical medicine Vol. 12; no. 19; p. 6262
• Main Authors: Matera-Witkiewicz, Agnieszka, Krupińska, Magdalena, Doroszko, Adrian, Trocha, Małgorzata, Giniewicz, Katarzyna, Kujawa, Krzysztof, Rabczyński, Maciej, Obremska, Marta, Kuznik, Edwin, Lubieniecki, Pawel, Adamik, Barbara, Kaliszewski, Krzysztof, Kiliś-Pstrusińska, Katarzyna, Pomorski, Michał, Protasiewicz, Marcin, Madziarski, Marcin, Sokołowski, Janusz, Jankowska, Ewa A, Madziarska, Katarzyna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 28.09.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Accreditation; Analysis; Biobanks; Bioethics; Body mass index; Care and treatment; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Clinical medicine; Comorbidity; COVID-19; Hospital patients; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Infections; ISO standards; Medical records; Mortality; Patients; Prevention; Risk factors; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Steroids; Stroke (Disease); Variance analysis; Poland; United States > US

Advanced age is known to be a predictor with COVID-19 severity. Understanding of other disease progression factors may shorten the time from patient admission to applied treatment. The Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO index) was assumed to additionally anticipate clinical results of pat...