du Bois IPF 1-Year Mortality Score
du Bois IPF score (du Bois 2011): age, respiratory hospitalization, baseline FVC % predicted, and 24-week FVC change give a 0–61 score predicting 1-year mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Age
- 72 years
- Baseline FVC % predicted
- 60
- 24-week change in FVC % predicted
- -6
- Respiratory hospitalization in prior 6 months
- No
Result: du Bois IPF score 31 — high 1-year mortality risk.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- 0-16
- Lower 1-year mortality risk.
- 17-29
- Intermediate risk.
- >= 30
- High risk. Age, respiratory hospitalization, FVC, and 24-week FVC change. A prognostic score, not a treatment order.
What you enter
- Age
- Baseline FVC % predicted
- 24-week change in FVC % predicted (signed)
- Respiratory hospitalization in prior 6 months (+14)
How this is calculated
du Bois RM, Weycker D, Albera C, et al. Ascertainment of individual risk of mortality for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011;184(4):459-466. Read the source ↗
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