Open Access<p>Blood Eosinophil Count and Hospital Readmission in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease</p>
Author(s) -
Matthew Hegewald,
Benjamin D. Horne,
Frank Trudo,
James L. Kreindler,
Yen Chung,
Susan Rea,
Denitza Blagev
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/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.s251115
Subject(s) - medicine , exacerbation , copd , eosinophil , odds ratio , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , medical record , gastroenterology , asthma
This retrospective, observational cohort study investigated the association of blood eosinophil counts within 1 week of hospitalization for acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) with subsequent risk of all-cause and COPD-related readmission from a large integrated health system.