Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MDMedically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD The BODE index is a tool that is used by healthcare professionals to predict the mortality rate (death rate) from chronic ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may incur huge medical expenses, resulting in a heavy socioeconomic burden. A recent study sought to predict the level of healthcare utilization resources.

September 8, 2009 — The ADO index, a new score for predicting a patient's risk of dying of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), appears to perform better than the currently used BODE index, ...

Researchers have developed an index scale to help physicians predict a patient's risk of dying from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The ADO index can help physicians assess the severity ...

In a recent study published in the EClinicalMedicine, a group of researchers developed and validated a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (a progressive lung condition that causes breathing ...