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Title
The DECAF Score: predicting hospital mortality in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Authors
Steer, John; Gibson, John; Bourke, Stephen C
Abstract
Despite exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) being both common and often fatal, accurate prognostication of patients hospitalised with an exacerbation is difficult. For exacerbations complicated by pneumonia, the CURB-65 prognostic tool is frequently used but its use in this population is suboptimal.