Rapid Evaluation of Coronavirus Illness Severity (RECOILS) in intensive care: Development and validation of a prognostic tool for in-hospital mortality

Drago Plečko, Nicolas Bennett, Johan Mårtensson, Tariq A. Dam, Robert Entjes, Thijs C. D. Rettig, Dave A. Dongelmans, Age D. Boelens, Sander Rigter, Stefaan H. A. Hendriks, Remko de Jong, Marlijn J. A. Kamps, Marco Peters, Attila Karakus, Diederik Gommers, Dharmanand Ramnarain, Evert-Jan Wils, Sefanja Achterberg, Ralph Nowitzky, Walter van den TempelCornelis P. C. de Jager, Fleur G. C. A. Nooteboom, Evelien Oostdijk, Peter Koetsier, Alexander D. Cornet, Auke C. Reidinga, Wouter de Ruijter, Rob J. Bosman, Tim Frenzel, Louise C. Urlings-Strop, Paul de Jong, Ellen G. M. Smit, Olaf L. Cremer, D. Jannet Mehagnoul-Schipper, Harald J. Faber, Judith Lens, Gert B. Brunnekreef, Barbara Festen-Spanjer, Tom Dormans, Daan P. de Bruin, Robbert C. A. Lalisang, Sebastiaan J. J. Vonk, Martin E. Haan, Lucas M. Fleuren, Patrick J. Thoral, Paul W. G. Elbers, Rinaldo Bellomo

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Abstract

Background: The prediction of in-hospital mortality for ICU patients with COVID-19 is fundamental to treatment and resource allocation. The main purpose was to develop an easily implemented score for such prediction. Methods: This was an observational, multicenter, development, and validation study on a national critical care dataset of COVID-19 patients. A systematic literature review was performed to determine variables possibly important for COVID-19 mortality prediction. Using a logistic multivariable model with a LASSO penalty, we developed the Rapid Evaluation of Coronavirus Illness Severity (RECOILS) score and compared its performance against published scores. Results: Our development (validation) cohort consisted of 1480 (937) adult patients from 14 (11) Dutch ICUs admitted between March 2020 and April 2021. Median age was 65 (65) years, 31% (26%) died in hospital, 74% (72%) were males, average length of ICU stay was 7.83 (10.25) days and average length of hospital stay was 15.90 (19.92) days. Age, platelets, PaO2/FiO2 ratio, pH, blood urea nitrogen, temperature, PaCO2, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score measured within +/−24 h of ICU admission were used to develop the score. The AUROC of RECOILS score was 0.75 (CI 0.71–0.78) which was higher than that of any previously reported predictive scores (0.68 [CI 0.64–0.71], 0.61 [CI 0.58–0.66], 0.67 [CI 0.63–0.70], 0.70 [CI 0.67–0.74] for ISARIC 4C Mortality Score, SOFA, SAPS-III, and age, respectively). Conclusions: Using a large dataset from multiple Dutch ICUs, we developed a predictive score for mortality of COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU, which outperformed other predictive scores reported so far.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-75
Number of pages11
JournalActa anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Volume66
Issue number1
Early online date8 Oct 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2022

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • corona virus
  • intensive care
  • mechanical ventilation
  • respiratory failure

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