Research Article

Efficacy of Various Scoring Systems for Predicting the 28-Day Survival Rate among Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Requiring Emergency Intensive Care

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Flow chart of inclusion and recruitment workup (APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SAPS II: the Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; SOFA: Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment; MEDS: mortality in emergency department sepsis).