A simple prognostic score based on troponin and presepsin for covid-19 patients admitted to the emergency department: A single-center pilot study

Background: The need to determine prognostic factors that can predict a particularly severe or, con-versely, the benign course of COVID-19 is particularly perceived in the Emergency Department (ED), con-sidering the scarcity of resources for a conspicuous mass of patients. The aim of our study was to identify some predictors for 30-day mortality among some clinical, laboratory, and ultrasound variables in a COVID-19 patients population. Methods: Prospective single-center pilot study conducted in an ED of an University Hospital. A consecutive sample of confirmed COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure was enrolled from March 8th, to April 15th, 2020. Results: 143 patients were enrolled. Deceased patients (n = 65) were older (81 vs. 61 years, p