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cord-335351-8hdok02n	Hashmi, Muhammad Daniyal	Assessing the need for transfer to the intensive care unit for Coronavirus-19 disease: Epidemiology and risk factors	2020-10-27		.txt	text/plain	3792	217	56	At the same time, identifying variables that identify subjects who require transfer to an ICU could also help clinicians risk stratify and triage patients as they present with their acute infections. To address these issues, we conducted a retrospective study of all subjects with Covid-19 admitted to our hospital in order a) to describe the epidemiology of needing transfer to the ICU subsequent to initial admission to the floor and b) to develop a risk tool to categorize these subjects based on variables accessed at time of original hospital presentation. This retrospective analysis indicates that nearly one in 5 patients with Covid-19 infection who are admitted to the floor upon hospital presentation will deteriorate and need transfer to the ICU. Neither baseline clinical factors at time of presentation to the hospital nor the CURB-65 score perform well as screening tests to categorize these subjects likely to progress to needing ICU care.	./cache/cord-335351-8hdok02n.txt	./txt/cord-335351-8hdok02n.txt