A clinical-radiological model for predicting in-hospital mortality in acute exacerbation of COPD.
BACKGROUND Quantitative computed tomography (QCT) has emerged as a promising tool for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) phenotyping. However, its prognostic value in acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) remains insufficiently explored, and existing risk stratification models have limited integration of imagi...