Open AccessPredictors of 1-Year Mortality at Hospital Admission for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Author(s) -
R.H.J. Slenter,
Roy T.M. Sprooten,
Daniel Kotz,
Geertjan Wesseling,
Emiel F.�M. Wouters,
Gernot Rohde
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000342036
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , hazard ratio , mortality rate , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , cohort , cohort study , univariate analysis , multivariate analysis
Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AE-COPD) are related to high mortality, especially in hospitalized patients. Predictors for severe outcomes are still not sufficiently defined.
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