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Table 3 Scoring system to predict COVID-19 patients requiring ICU care (COVIC score)

From: Prediction of patients requiring intensive care for COVID-19: development and validation of an integer-based score using data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of South Korea

Variables

Score

Age, years

18 to less than 30

0

30 to less than 40

1

40 to less than 50

3

50 to less than 60

4

60 to less than 70

6

≥ 70

7

Male sex

4

Initial body temperature on admission, °C

< 37.0

0

37.0 to less than 37.5

1

37.5 to less than 38.0

2

38.0 to less than 39

3

≥ 39.0

4

Hemoptysis

7

Dyspnea

7

Chronic kidney disease

6

Activities of daily livinga

1—partially dependent

6

2—totally dependent

9

  1. aActivities of daily living score of 1 represents partially dependent and 2 represents totally dependent on others