id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-280899-zoc1hk5g Volff, Maxime No added value of the modified NEWS score to predict clinical deterioration in COVID-19 patients 2020-07-10 .txt text/plain 337 29 60 title: No added value of the modified NEWS score to predict clinical deterioration in COVID-19 patients The current international outbreak of COVID-19 respiratory illness due to SARS-CoV-2 virus results in high rates of hospitalisation and intensive care unit (ICU) admission [1] . ICU resources in Europe are limited [2] , and managing ICU-bed flow is therefore vital to ensure high quality of care to all patients. The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in its guidelines for predicting the risk of clinical deterioration of COVID-19 patients [3] . However, the authors did not provide data to support this modification and we did not identify Predictive performance of the NEWS and mNEWS scores was assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROCAUC) curve using the method described by DeLong et al. ./cache/cord-280899-zoc1hk5g.txt ./txt/cord-280899-zoc1hk5g.txt