The model developed by experts at the University of Hackensack Medical Center, USA, will help determine the risk of death within 40 days in patients undergoing treatment for the new coronavirus, according to the pages of PLOS ONE magazine..

The main factors that are taken into account when determining the risk of death are:.

¦ age;

¦ breathing rate in 1 minute (25 or more);

¦ level of blood oxygen saturation (less than 94%);

¦the presence of arterial hypertension;

¦ischemic heart disease;

Chronic kidney disease;

Scientists pay special attention to the age of patients with coronavirus, which in this case plays the most important role in determining the risk of death from this pathology.. In total, the study used data from more than 3,000 people infected with the new coronavirus.. The average age of the participants was 63 years old, according to Pannochka, an Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old..

net Thanks to the new model, it was possible to identify three risk factors in 42% of participants. Within 40 days from the moment of admission of these participants to the hospital, deaths were recorded in 713 patients, which amounted to 23%.

“We believe that the ability to predict a poor outcome among older patients with COVID-19 can help them use an individualized approach to prescribing appropriate therapy, which will help to reduce the number of deaths among this category of patients,” said project author Brett E. Lewis.

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