BODE index
The BODE index, for Body-mass index, airflow Obstruction, Dyspnea, and Exercise, is a multidimensional scoring system and capacity index used to test and predict long-term outcomes for patients who have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The index uses the four factors to predict risk of death from the disease.
The BODE index can estimate long-term outcomes in COPD and will result in a score of zero to ten dependent upon FEV1, body-mass index, the distance walked in six minutes, and the modified MRC dyspnea scale.[1] Significant weight loss is a bad sign.[2] Results of spirometry are also a good predictor of the future progress of the disease but not as good as the BODE index.[2][3]
References
- ^ Medicine, prepared by the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of (2009). The Washington manual general internal medicine subspecialty consult (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-7817-9155-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Reilly, John J.; Silverman, Edwin K.; Shapiro, Steven D. (2011). "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease". In Longo, Dan; Fauci, Anthony; Kasper, Dennis; Hauser, Stephen; Jameson, J.; Loscalzo, Joseph (eds.). Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (18th ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. 2151–9. ISBN 978-0-07-174889-6.
- ^ National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Clinical guideline 101: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. London, June 2010.
External links
- The Body-Mass Index, Airflow Obstruction, Dyspnea, and Exercise Capacity Index in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Assessment Tools for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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