Volume 100, Issue 1, Pages 66-74 (January 2006) Predictors of hospital outcome and intubation in COPD patients admitted to the respiratory ICU for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure Irfan Ucgun, Muzaffer Metintas, Hale Moral, Fusun Alatas, Huseyin Yildirim, Sinan Erginel Respiratory Medicine Volume 100, Issue 1, Pages 66-74 (January 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.04.005 Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 ROC analysis curve for the determination of intubation for patients with COPD and hypercapnic respiratory failure (at least one of the following: APACHE II score >23, and/or GCS<9). The area under the ROC curve was 0.81. Respiratory Medicine 2006 100, 66-74DOI: (10.1016/j.rmed.2005.04.005) Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions