• Saima Akhter, Warraich Usman Ali UA Visiting Faculty, Iqra University., Shaista Ghazal, and Nadeem Rizvi.
• Ziauddin University and Hospital.
• J Pak Med Assoc. 2019 Feb 1; 69 (2): 211-215.

ObjectiveTo assess and compare the role of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, and Confusion Urea Respiratory Rate Blood Pressure scores in predicting inpatient mortality for patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease..DesignThe retrospective study was conducted at the Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre, Karachi, and comprised data of all consecutive Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients from December 1, 2013, to December 31, 2014. Logistic regression model and non-parametric tests were employed using SPSS 22..ResultsThere were 95 patients whose medical records were studied. The overall mean age was 60.79±12.39 years. Mortality rate was of 26(27.6%). Median hospital stay was 11.5 days (interquartile range: 9-17 days) in survivors and 4 days (2-8 days) in non-survivors. Out of the three scales used, Confusion Urea Respiratory Rate Blood Pressure-65 score showed the greatest difference between survivors and non-survivors (p <0.05). Significant higher scores were observed in non survivors with Type 2 than Type 1 respiratory failure (p<0.05). There was significant association of mortality with baseline partial pressure of oxygen and oxygen saturation (p<0.05 each).ConclusionsConfusion Urea Respiratory Rate Blood Pressure-65score determined at the time of admission had significant ability to predict inpatient mortality..

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