COVID-19 Severity Classification Tool | NLM

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COVID-19 Severity Classification Tool

08/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). Published: 8/2020. ACEP and EvidenceCare created this seven-step triage process for emergency physicians to better classify COVID-19 patients and inform next steps. It classifies patients on a range from mild/low risk to critical, based on seven categories of measurement: assessing vital signs, a qCSI calculator, symptoms and risk factors, discharge home criteria, diagnostic testing and suggested labs, imaging and lab results, and the disposition. (Text)