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Comparison of two scores for short-term outcomes in patients with COPD exacerbation in the emergency department: the Ottawa COPD Risk Scale and the DECAF score

BACKGROUND: While clinical decision rules have been developed to evaluate exacerbations and decisions on hospitalisation and discharge in emergency departments (EDs) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), these rules are not widely used in EDs. In this study, we compare the p...

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Autores principales: Unal, Ali, Bayram, Basak, Ergan, Begum, Can, Kazim, Ergun, Yagiz Kagan, Kilinc, Oguz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10009697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36923568
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00436-2022