Open AccessA Frailty Assessment Tool to Predict In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Author(s) -
Jinjin Gu,
Qiang Liu,
Li-Jie Zheng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s300980
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , receiver operating characteristic , logistic regression , acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , exacerbation , pulmonary disease , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine
The exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is a chronic, frequent, and life-threatening lung disease. In 2014, a frailty index (FI) based on deficits in commonly used laboratory tests (FI-Lab) was suggested to identify older adults at increased risk of death.