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cord-264285-1sne3ng1	Sze, Shirley	Letter to the Editor: Variability but not admission or trends in NEWS2 score predicts clinical outcome in elderly hospitalised patients with COVID-19	2020-05-29		.txt	text/plain	1201	83	58	title: Letter to the Editor: Variability but not admission or trends in NEWS2 score predicts clinical outcome in elderly hospitalised patients with COVID-19 (4) Compared to other early warning scores, the NEWS Score has a greater ability to discriminate patients at risk of cardiac arrest, unanticipated intensive care unit admission or death. (5) Currently, guidance from the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) supports the use of the NEWS2 score to risk assess patients with COVID-19 in the community, who may require hospitalisation. Figure 1 shows the trend in the National Early Warning Score2 (NEWS2) throughout hospitalisation, stratified by severity of NEWS2 on admission and clinical outcome. In our small pilot of elderly patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19, admission NEWS2 scores did not seem to be useful in predicting clinical outcomes. The ability of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) to discriminate patients at risk of early cardiac arrest, unanticipated intensive care unit admission, and death	./cache/cord-264285-1sne3ng1.txt	./txt/cord-264285-1sne3ng1.txt