New decision tool can potentially identify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are at high risk of severe complications and even death, reveals a new study.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COPD includes respiratory tract disorders that cause obstruction to airflow. These are chronic bronchitis, emphysema and small airway disease.
COPD includes respiratory tract disorders that cause obstruction to airflow. These are chronic bronchitis, emphysema and small airway disease.
‘New decision tool can potentially detect patients with COPD who are at high risk of severe complications and even death, reveals a new study.’
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"Before this tool, there was no way to know if a patient who came to the emergency department with a COPD flare-up was going to have dangerous complications," says Dr. Ian Stiell, distinguished professor of emergency medicine at the University of Ottawa and a senior scientist at The Ottawa Hospital. Read More..
"This new information can help doctors decide whether to admit a patient or send them home."
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mainly caused by smoking, is a common condition that affects breathing and worsens over time.
COPD Patients With Moderately Low Blood Oxygen Levels Do Not Benefit From Oxygen Therapy
COPD patients with moderately low blood oxygen levels do not receive the same benefits from long-term oxygen therapy as those with severely low blood O2 levels.
COPD patients with moderately low blood oxygen levels do not receive the same benefits from long-term oxygen therapy as those with severely low blood O2 levels.
"As this risk scale has been clinically validated, it can now be used to estimate medical risk and help with decisions about patient discharge or admission," says Dr. Stiell.
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The Ottawa COPD Risk Scale can be used by respirologists, general internists and family doctors who care for patients with COPD, in addition to emergency physicians.
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"Clinical validation of a risk scale for serious outcomes among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease managed in the emergency department" is published.
Source-Eurekalert
