Open AccessChronic obstructive pulmonary disease: hospital and intensive care unit outcomes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Abdulsalam M. AlAithan,
Memon,
Rifat Rehmani,
Qurashi,
Salam
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s37611
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary disease , copd , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , chronic disease
There is little data surrounding the survival of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are admitted to the critical care unit with exacerbation of symptoms. We conducted a study to measure the in-hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) outcomes of patients admitted with COPD exacerbation, and identified the related prognostic factors.
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