Package 'codexcopd'

Title: The CODEX (Comorbidity, Obstruction, Dyspnea, and Previous Severe Exacerbations) Index: Short and Medium-Term Prognosis in Patients Hospitalized for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Exacerbations
Description: Predicts 3 to 12 months prognosis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients hospitalized for severe exacerbations, as described in Almagro et al. (2014) <doi:10.1378/chest.13-1328>.
Authors: Aida Kazemi [aut, cph], Amin Adibi [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Amin Adibi <[email protected]>
License: GPL-3
Version: 0.1.0
Built: 2024-11-09 04:06:33 UTC
Source: https://github.com/cran/codexcopd

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The CODEX Index: Short and Medium-term Prognosis in Patients Hospitalized for COPD Exacerbations

Description

The CODEX Index: Short and Medium-term Prognosis in Patients Hospitalized for COPD Exacerbations

Usage

codex(age, charlson, FEV1, mMRC, exacerbation)

Arguments

age

a number for age

charlson

a number for charlson index

FEV1

a number for forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) expressed as percentage

mMRC

a number for the dyspnea scale of modified Medical Research Council (mMRC)

exacerbation

a number for severe exacerbations of COPD during the previous year (hospitalization or ED consultations)

Source

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24077342

Examples

codex (age = 40,charlson = 8 , FEV1 = 40, mMRC = 3, exacerbation = 2)
codex (age = 55,charlson = 4 , FEV1 = 40, mMRC = 3, exacerbation = 2)