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Table 1 WHO ordinal scale for clinical improvement

From: Statin and aspirin as adjuvant therapy in hospitalised patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a randomised clinical trial (RESIST trial)

Patient State

Descriptor

Scale

Uninfected

No clinical and virological evidence of infection

1

Ambulatory

No limitation of activities

2

Limitation of activities

3

Hospitalised mild disease

Hospitalised, no oxygen therapy

4

Oxygen by mask or nasal prong

5

Hospitalised severe disease

Non-invasive ventilation or high-flow oxygen

6

Intubation and mechanical ventilation

7

Ventilation + additional organ support -pressors, ECMO, RRT

8

Dead

Death

9

  1. ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, RRT renal replacement therapy, WHO World Health Organisation