Predictive score for mortality in patients with COPD exacerbations attending hospital emergency departments

BMC Medicine

Silvia Vidal¹  Nerea Fernandez-de-Larrea²  Marisa Bare²  Iratxe Lafuente³  Inmaculada Arostegui²  Irantzu Barrio²  Nerea Gonzalez²  Susana Garcia-Gutierrez²  Anette Unzurrunzaga²  Cristóbal Esteban²  José M Quintana² 

[1] Unidad de Calidad, Hospital Valme, Sevilla, Spain;Red de Investigación en Servicios Sanitarios y Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain;Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Barrio Labeaga s/n, 48960 Galdakao Vizcaya, Spain

关键词: Risk analysis;    Prospective Cohort Study;    Prediction Rule;    Mortality;    COPD exacerbations;   

Others  :  854909
DOI  :  10.1186/1741-7015-12-66

 received in 2013-11-22, accepted in 2014-03-21,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Limited information is available about predictors of short-term outcomes in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (eCOPD) attending an emergency department (ED). Such information could help stratify these patients and guide medical decision-making. The aim of this study was to develop a clinical prediction rule for short-term mortality during hospital admission or within a week after the index ED visit.

Methods

This was a prospective cohort study of patients with eCOPD attending the EDs of 16 participating hospitals. Recruitment started in June 2008 and ended in September 2010. Information on possible predictor variables was recorded during the time the patient was evaluated in the ED, at the time a decision was made to admit the patient to the hospital or discharge home, and during follow-up. Main short-term outcomes were death during hospital admission or within 1 week of discharge to home from the ED, as well as at death within 1 month of the index ED visit. Multivariate logistic regression models were developed in a derivation sample and validated in a validation sample. The score was compared with other published prediction rules for patients with stable COPD.

Results

In total, 2,487 patients were included in the study. Predictors of death during hospital admission, or within 1 week of discharge to home from the ED were patient age, baseline dyspnea, previous need for long-term home oxygen therapy or non-invasive mechanical ventilation, altered mental status, and use of inspiratory accessory muscles or paradoxical breathing upon ED arrival (area under the curve (AUC) = 0.85). Addition of arterial blood gas parameters (oxygen and carbon dioxide partial pressures (PO₂ and PCO₂)) and pH) did not improve the model. The same variables were predictors of death at 1 month (AUC = 0.85). Compared with other commonly used tools for predicting the severity of COPD in stable patients, our rule was significantly better.

Conclusions

Five clinical predictors easily available in the ED, and also in the primary care setting, can be used to create a simple and easily obtained score that allows clinicians to stratify patients with eCOPD upon ED arrival and guide the medical decision-making process.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Quintana et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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