Clinical prediction rule · MC-047
DECAF
Estimate inpatient mortality during acute COPD exacerbation
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- Intended population or setting
- Hospitalized adults with COPD exacerbation
- Important cautions
- Requires ECG rhythm, eosinophils, acidemia and consolidation; external validation matters
- Specialities
- Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine · Respiratory Medicine and Sleep Medicine
- Preferred source/version
- Original DECAF
- Review status
- Draft · Original paper to verify
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