Open Access<p>The Long-Term Burden of COPD Exacerbations During Maintenance Therapy and Lung Function Decline</p>
Author(s) -
Marjan Kerkhof,
Jaco Voorham,
Paul Dorinsky,
Claudia Cabrera,
Patrick Darken,
Janwillem Kocks,
Mohsen Sadatsafavi,
Don D. Sin,
Victoria Carter,
David Price
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.s253812
Subject(s) - medicine , exacerbation , copd , emergency department , medical prescription , pediatrics , pharmacology , psychiatry
Early identification of preventable risk factors of COPD progression is important. Whether exacerbations have a negative impact on disease progression is largely unknown. We investigated whether the long-term occurrence of exacerbations is associated with lung function decline at early stages of COPD.