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Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score

BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3339 (Published 09 September 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3339

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Re: Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score

Dear Editor

I would like to be brief and precise. Thank you for the helpful article on risk stratification. We have been using the score to risk stratify our patients and found it very useful. To make it more practical and save time while working on the COVID floor, we here in Pinderfields came up with a quick Excel calculator based on the 4C mortality score. We have been using it and finding it much more convenient than calculating the score manually and I thought I will share it with others too. I am sharing the link here as I am unable to upload any files directly. Please feel free to distribute. I am happy to take any comments/questions.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o5tf29nbt9xplqn/4C%20Mortality%20Risk%20Calcul...

Thank you.

Kind Regards
Rahim

Competing interests: No competing interests

23 October 2020
Muhammad Rahim Khan
Specialty Registrar (Respiratory)
Dr Akshay Dwarakanath (Respiratory Consultant)
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Wakefield