Open AccessThe Influence of COPD on Mortality and Severity Scoring in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Author(s) -
Dominic Snijders,
Menno M. van der Eerden,
Casper de Graaff,
Wim Boersma
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000213757
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , community acquired pneumonia , pneumonia , pneumonia severity index , pulmonary disease , mortality rate
Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is a frequent co-morbidity in patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). In recent retrospective studies, higher mortality in patients with CAP and COPD was found.
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