Objective: Determine the CALL SCORE's diagnostic accuracy for the prediction of ICU admission and death in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia in a reference hospital in Peru. Methods: We performed an analytical cross-sectional observational study. We included patients with COVID-19 pneumonia treated at the "Dos de Mayo" National Hospital. Patients over 18 years old with a diagnosis confirmed by rapid or molecular testing were included. Those with an incomplete, illegible, or missing medical history and/or bacterial or fungal pneumonia were excluded. Data were extracted from medical records. The primary outcomes were mortality and admission to the ICU. The Call Score was calculated for each patient (4 to 13 points) and classified into three risk groups. Summary measures were presented for qualitative and quantitative variables. The area under the model curve and the operational characteristics (sensitivity, specificity) were calculated for the best cut-off point. Results: The Call Score reported an area under the curve of 0.59 (IC95%: 0.3 to 0.07), p = 0.43 for predicting death. However, for a cut-off point of 5.5, a sensitivity of 87% and a specificity of 65% were obtained. The area under the curve for ICU admission was 0.67 (95%CI: 0.3 to 0.07), p = 0.43; the 5.5 cut-off point showed a sensitivity of 82% and a specificity of 51%. Conclusions: The Call Score shows a low performance for predicting mortality and admission to the ICU in Peruvian patients.
Introducción: El loxoscelismo sistémico es la complicación más severa del loxoscelismo. El manejo del cuadro por parte del personal de salud presenta una alta variabilidad por factores que se desconocen actualmente. No se cuenta con un estándar de referencia ni con un modelo de predicción clínica que pueda guiar nuestras decisiones al momento del abordaje de un paciente con mordedura de araña. Objetivo: Elaborar y validar una regla de predicción clínica para loxoscelismo sistémico. Métodos: Se llevó a cabo un estudio observacional de derivación y validación de un modelo de predicción clínica con validación de prueba diagnóstica basada en una cohorte histórica de un solo brazo en pacientes atendidos en el Hospital Vitarte entre los años 2007 al 2016 y reportes clínicos internacionales publicados. Resultados: El loxoscelismo sistémico se presentó solo en el 32,9 % (n=24) de casos. Para el análisis bivariado, las variables que demostraron presentar una asociación estadísticamente significativa (P<0,05) fueron el sexo, mordedura en abdomen independiente en relación a otras partes del cuerpo, mordedura en otras partes del cuerpo que no sea el abdomen, vómito, fiebre y hemoglobinuria. El análisis de regresión incluyó en el análisis a las variables: sexo, vómito, fiebre y hemoglobinuria. El bootstrapping determinó la validez interna del modelo. El área bajo la curva fue de 0,91 (P<0,05) y la sensibilidad, espeficidad, LR+ y LR-fueron de 79,1%, 93,8%, 12,9 y 0,22 respectivamente. Conclusión: El protocolo de predicción del loxoscelismo sistémico derivado es válido, por el momento.
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