Open AccessCOPD Exacerbation History and Impact on Future Exacerbations – 8-Year Retrospective Observational Database Cohort Study from Germany
Author(s) -
Claus Vogelmeier,
Joanna Diesing,
Nils Kossack,
Marc Pignot,
Felix W. Friedrich
Publication year - 2021
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.s322036
Subject(s) - medicine , exacerbation , copd , retrospective cohort study , population , cohort study , emergency department , observational study , cohort , severity of illness , pediatrics , environmental health , psychiatry
Recent studies evaluating the predictive value of different variables on future exacerbations suggest exacerbation history as the strongest predictor. We examined the effect of exacerbation history on subsequent events in a large sample population with over 250,000 COPD patients using up to 8 years of longitudinal healthcare data from Germany.