"NEWS2" as an Objective Assessment of Hospitalised COPD Exacerbation Severity.
Philip W StoneCosetta MinelliJohanna FearyC Michael RobertsJennifer Kathleen QuintJohn R HurstPublished in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2022)
The generic NEWS2 risk assessment tool, readily calculated from simple physiological data, predicts inpatient mortality and need for NIV (but not length-of-stay) at exacerbations of COPD. NEWS2 therefore provides a classification of hospitalised COPD exacerbation severity.