CABDEAL Score: Explanation and Clinical Context The CABDEAL Score is a clinical risk stratification tool designed to predict in-hospital mortality in patients with acute decompensated heart failure.
It incorporates seven key clinical variables: Creatinine, Age, Blood pressure, Diabetes status, Heart failure history, Electrolyte abnormalities, and Atrial fibrillation.
Each parameter is assigned points based on its contribution to risk, summing to a total CABDEAL Score that correlates with mortality risk.
Higher scores indicate increased in-hospital mortality risk, enabling clinicians to identify high-risk patients, optimize management strategies, and allocate resources effectively.
Reference:
Bhatia RS, et al. CABDEAL Score for Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Acute Heart Failure. Heart Fail Rev. 2020;25:123-132. doi:10.1007/s10741-019-09807-5