Comparison of DECAF (dyspnea, eosinopenia, consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation) and APACHE II (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii) scoring system to predict mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Scoring systems are frequently used to predict mortality and then guiding therapeutic interventions in the patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Objective: Compare the diagnostic accuracy of Dyspnea, Eosinopenia, Consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillati...

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Main Authors: Wiky Raja, Naseem Ahmed, Nadeem Ahmed Rizvi, Anita Vallacha, Dinesh Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pakistan Medical Association 2021-12-01
Series:Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Online Access:https://www.ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/617
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author Wiky Raja
Naseem Ahmed
Nadeem Ahmed Rizvi
Anita Vallacha
Dinesh Kumar
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Naseem Ahmed
Nadeem Ahmed Rizvi
Anita Vallacha
Dinesh Kumar
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description Scoring systems are frequently used to predict mortality and then guiding therapeutic interventions in the patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Objective: Compare the diagnostic accuracy of Dyspnea, Eosinopenia, Consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II scoring system to predict mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted during November 2017 to June 2018 in the Department of Chest Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi. N=210 patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, were included in the study after getting written informed consent. Patients were selected using non-probability consecutive sampling technique. Mortality scores were calculated for each patient and the individual parameters used in calculating the scores were also recorded. SPSS version 21 was used for statistical analysis. Results: The study population consisted of 210 consecutive patients, of those n=147 (70%) were males and n= 63 (30%) females. A statistically significant difference was observed between survivors and those who died in hospital related to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive disease. The mean Dyspnea, Eosinopenia, Consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation score 2.31 + 0.93 and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score 15.8 + 7.2 was recorded in whole study population. A decision threshold of Dyspnea, Eosinopenia, Consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation score >2 was found to have a sensitivity of 84.6% and specificity of 82.3% while acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score have sensitivity Continuous...
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spelling doaj.art-6dd14ed0bff24292917171660cfc808a2023-05-25T04:23:40ZengPakistan Medical AssociationJournal of the Pakistan Medical Association0030-99822021-12-0171810.47391/JPMA.618Comparison of DECAF (dyspnea, eosinopenia, consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation) and APACHE II (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii) scoring system to predict mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseWiky Raja 0Naseem Ahmed1Nadeem Ahmed Rizvi2Anita Vallacha3Dinesh Kumar4Department of Pulmonology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Pulmonology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Pulmonology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Pulmonology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Pulmonology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan Scoring systems are frequently used to predict mortality and then guiding therapeutic interventions in the patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Objective: Compare the diagnostic accuracy of Dyspnea, Eosinopenia, Consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II scoring system to predict mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted during November 2017 to June 2018 in the Department of Chest Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi. N=210 patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, were included in the study after getting written informed consent. Patients were selected using non-probability consecutive sampling technique. Mortality scores were calculated for each patient and the individual parameters used in calculating the scores were also recorded. SPSS version 21 was used for statistical analysis. Results: The study population consisted of 210 consecutive patients, of those n=147 (70%) were males and n= 63 (30%) females. A statistically significant difference was observed between survivors and those who died in hospital related to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive disease. The mean Dyspnea, Eosinopenia, Consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation score 2.31 + 0.93 and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score 15.8 + 7.2 was recorded in whole study population. A decision threshold of Dyspnea, Eosinopenia, Consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation score >2 was found to have a sensitivity of 84.6% and specificity of 82.3% while acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score have sensitivity Continuous... https://www.ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/617
spellingShingle Wiky Raja
Naseem Ahmed
Nadeem Ahmed Rizvi
Anita Vallacha
Dinesh Kumar
Comparison of DECAF (dyspnea, eosinopenia, consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation) and APACHE II (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii) scoring system to predict mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
title Comparison of DECAF (dyspnea, eosinopenia, consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation) and APACHE II (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii) scoring system to predict mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
title_full Comparison of DECAF (dyspnea, eosinopenia, consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation) and APACHE II (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii) scoring system to predict mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
title_fullStr Comparison of DECAF (dyspnea, eosinopenia, consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation) and APACHE II (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii) scoring system to predict mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of DECAF (dyspnea, eosinopenia, consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation) and APACHE II (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii) scoring system to predict mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
title_short Comparison of DECAF (dyspnea, eosinopenia, consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation) and APACHE II (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii) scoring system to predict mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
title_sort comparison of decaf dyspnea eosinopenia consolidation acidaemia and atrial fibrillation and apache ii acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii scoring system to predict mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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