RT Journal Article T1 Predicting critical illness on initial diagnosis of COVID-19 based on easily obtained clinical variables: development and validation of the PRIORITY model A1 Martinez-Lacalzada, Miguel A1 Viteri-Noel, Adrian A1 Manzano, Luis A1 Fabregate, Martin A1 Rubio-Rivas, Manuel A1 Garcia, Sara Luis A1 Arnalich-Fernandez, Francisco A1 Beato-Perez, Jose Luis A1 Vargas-Nunez, Juan Antonio A1 Calvo-Manuel, Elpidio A1 Espino-Alvarez, Alexia Constanza A1 Freire-Castro, Santiago J. A1 Loureiro-Amigo, Jose A1 Fontan, Paula Maria Pesqueira A1 Pina, Adela A1 Suarez, Ana Maria Alvarez A1 Silva-Asiain, Andrea A1 Garcia-Lopez, Beatriz A1 del Pino, Jairo Luque A1 Sanz-Canovas, Jaime A1 Chazarra-Perez, Paloma A1 Garcia-Garcia, Gema Maria A1 Nunez-Cortes, Jesus Millan A1 Casas-Rojo, Jose Manuel A1 Gómez-Huelgas, Ricardo A1 SEMI-COVID-19 Network, K1 COVID-19 K1 Critical illness K1 Easily obtained clinical variables K1 Initial assessment K1 Prognostic models K1 Pneumonia K1 Features K1 Children AB Objectives: We aimed to develop and validate a prediction model, based on clinical history and examination findings on initial diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), to identify patients at risk of critical outcomes.Methods: We used data from the SEMI-COVID-19 Registry, a cohort of consecutive patients hospitalized for COVID-19 from 132 centres in Spain (23rd March to 21st May 2020). For the development cohort, tertiary referral hospitals were selected, while the validation cohort included smaller hospitals. The primary outcome was a composite of in-hospital death, mechanical ventilation, or admission to intensive care unit. Clinical signs and symptoms, demographics, and medical history ascertained at presentation were screened using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator, and logistic regression was used to construct the predictive model.Results: There were 10 433 patients, 7850 in the development cohort (primary outcome 25.1%, 1967/7850) and 2583 in the validation cohort (outcome 27.0%, 698/2583). The PRIORITY model included: age, dependency, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, dyspnoea, tachypnoea, confusion, systolic blood pressure, and SpO(2) PB Elsevier sci ltd SN 1198-743X YR 2021 FD 2021-11-29 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26764 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26764 LA en DS RISalud RD Apr 17, 2025