The DECAF score: Predicting hospital mortality in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 970-976

  Steer, John ^a   Gibson, John ^b   Bourke, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION UREA RESPIRATORY RATE BLOOD PRESSURE 65; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNOEA EOSINOPENIA CONSOLIDATION ACIDAEMIA AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION SCORE; EOSINOPENIA; EXTENDED MRC DYSPNOEA SCORE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL BOOSTRAP VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84868193054     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202103     Document Type: Article

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