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

Table 2

Comparison of severity-of-disease indicators between the survival and death groups of patients with AECOPD.

		APACHE II score	SAPS II score	SOFA score	MEDS score
Survival group	336	12.8 ± 3.2	24.0 ± 6.7	6.9 ± 4.4	1.77 ± 1.64
Death group	46	19.7 ± 5.2	37.0 ± 10.4	8.9 ± 5.8	3.52 ± 2.97
value		<0.001	<0.001	0.055	0.011
value		<0.001	<0.001	0.028	<0.001

value for t-tests; value for analysis of covariance model including age, gender, renal inadequacy, hypertension, coronary heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmia, anemia, fracture leading to bedridden status, tumor, and GCS score.