Scoring System for the Diagnosis of COVID-19

Scoring System for the Diagnosis of COVID-19

 

Mohamed Farouk Allam

Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

 

The Open Public Health Journal 2020;13:413-4.

 

DOI: 10.2174/1874944502013010413, 2020, 13, 413-414

 

Abstract:

Due to the international spread of COVID-19, the difficulty of collecting nasopharyngeal swab specimen from all suspected patients, the costs of RT-PCR and CT, and the false negative results of RT-PCR assay in 41% of COVID-19 patients, a scoring system is needed to classify the suspected patients in order to determine the need for follow-up, home isolation, quarantine or the conduction of further investigations. A scoring system is proposed as a diagnostic tool for suspected patients. It includes Epidemiological Evidence of Exposure, Clinical Symptoms and Signs, and Investigations (if available). This scoring system is simple, could be calculated in a few minutes, and incorporates the main possible data/findings of any patient.

 

Keywords: Nasopharyngeal swab, COVID-19, diagnosis, RT-PCR, CT, Score system.

 

The Open Public Health Journal 2020;13:413-4.

https://benthamopen.com/FULLTEXT/TOPHJ-13-413