title: [Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 2. Short-term prognostic scores for acute exacerbations].
abstract: The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a slowly progressive disease whose course is frequently the subject of acute episodes, of variable severity, although, in general, reversible, called acute exacerbations. In the past five years (between 2008 and 2013), seven prognostic scores have been published to try to assess the short-term risk of these acute exacerbations. Their components and characteristics are analysed and commented upon. An Internet program with a detailed compilation of the main features of these scores (www.medhyg.ch/scoredoc) supplements this review.
authors.forename: Alain F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Junod
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors