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Pulmonology

a score of dyspnoea, eosinopenia, consolidation, acidaemia and atrial fibrillation that predicts in-hospital mortality in COPD exacerbations.

In pulmonology, DECAF score refers to a score of dyspnoea, eosinopenia, consolidation, acidaemia and atrial fibrillation that predicts in-hospital mortality in COPD exacerbations. This meaning comes from Steer (2012) in Thorax.[1]

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References

Steer, J., Gibson, J., & Bourke, S. C. (2012). The DECAF Score: predicting hospital mortality in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax, 67(11), 970-976. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202103

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