Predictors of mortality in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using the dyspnea, eosinopenia, consolidation, acidemia and atrial fibrillation score.

In the present study, it was observed that the length of stay also increased with the DECAF score, thereby confirming the findings of Yadavilli et al .[ 10 ] The length of stay for scores of 0–1 was 6.42 days, for a score of 2 was 7.47 days, and for scores of 3 or more was 9.64 days, thereby demonstrating an increasing trend with each score of DECAF.

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