| abstract |
An exacerbation predicting device is provided with: a respiration detecting means for continuously detecting respiration data of a patient; a calculating means which, on the basis of the detected continuous respiration data of the patient, calculates stable respiration data, which are respiration data for a state in which the respiration rate has decreased for a certain time and is in a stable state; and a predicting means for predicting the occurrence of acute exacerbation in the patient in accordance with the stable respiration data calculated in a certain period. |