Fig 1.
Reproduced from: Royal College of Physicians. National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2: Standardising the assessment of acute-illness severity in the NHS. Updated report of a working party. London: RCP, 2017. The final score is a composite of the points for individual criteria. Higher scores (of 5 and above) usually indicate need for escalating care.
Table 1.
Frequency of symptoms of patients at presentation (n = 399).
Table 2.
Distribution of co-morbidities among patients admitted with COVID-19 (n = 399).
Table 3.
Outcomes at day 28 of patients admitted with COVID-19 (n = 399).
Fig 2.
Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) curve showing area under curve for NEWS2 scores in predicting poor outcomes among COVID-19 patients.
Table 4.
Comparison of diagnostic accuracy parameters of scores of 5 and 6.
Table 5.
Univariate analysis of factors associated with poor outcomes at day 28.
Table 6.
Multiple logistic regression of factors associated with poor outcome at day 28.