Estimates in-hospital KRT needed in patients admitted for COVID-19.
- At admission in the hospital, to stratify the in-hospital KRT needed risk of COVID-19 patients.
- Based in a cohort of 5,212 patients from 35 hospitals, from 17 cities in Brazil,following strict methodological criteria.
- It is easily calculated at bedside at admission.
- It identifies three categories at increasing risk of KRT requirement with a high level of accuracy.
- It may help healthcare practitioners to better identify patients with higher risk of KRT requirement and it may help to organize resource allocation to patients who are at the highest risk of KRT requirement.
- Only in-hospital patients, through the use of variables easily accessible at admission.
- It should not be considered a medical device.
- It should not be used with pregnant or pediatric patients.
- It was validated in a cohort of Brazilian patients, and it should not be adopted for routine clinical use in other settings until it has been appropriately externally validated in those settings.