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Being of an older age, showing signs of sepsis, and having blood clotting issues when admitted to hospital are key risk factors associated with higher risk of death from the new coronavirus (COVID-19). The data is from a new observational study of 191 patients with confirmed COVID-19 from two hospitals in Wuhan, China, and was published in The Lancet today. Specifically, being of an older age, having a high Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, and having d-dimer greater than 1μg/L are the factors that could help clinicians to identify patients with poor prognosis at an early stage. The new
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