Open AccessDisease Trajectories and Impact of One Moderate Exacerbation in Gold B COPD Patients
Author(s) -
Anders Løkke,
Ole Hilberg,
Peter Lange,
Rikke Ibsen,
Georgios Stratelis,
Sofie de Fine Licht,
Jesper Lykkegaard
Publication year - 2022
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.s344669
Subject(s) - medicine , exacerbation , copd , hazard ratio , prednisone , proportional hazards model , cohort study , cohort , odds ratio , gold standard (test) , confidence interval
Studies have shown that exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increases the risk of further exacerbations. Our aim was to investigate the impact of a single moderate exacerbation on the odds of subsequent exacerbations and death in GOLD B COPD patients.