COPD exacerbation
COPD exacerbation frequency and its association with health care resource utilization and costs
... and COPD-related costs increased significantly with an increase in exacerbation frequency, exhibiting a statistically significant ...of COPD exacerbations on HCRU and costs underscores the importance ...
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Altered protease and antiprotease balance during a COPD exacerbation contributes to mucus obstruction
... before exacerbation Sputa were collected at the onset of a COPD exacerbation and 5–6 weeks later and compared with ETT mucus obtained from healthy ...from COPD patients at 5–6 weeks with ...
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Possible Effect of Chlamydophila pneumoniae on COPD Exacerbation
... in COPD exacerbations, as detected serologically (2,3,7, 8, 15, 16, 17 ) while there are others which vote against it (4,5, 9, 10, ...between COPD exacerbation and ...
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Do females behave differently in COPD exacerbation?
... current instances of exacerbation. Admission data showed an interesting fact that women had a long period of symp- toms (approximately 47 days) before hospitalized. They also had a lengthy hospitalization of ...
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Predictors of outcome of noninvasive ventilation in severe COPD exacerbation
... Our data shows that LOS is associated with in-hospital mortality. This finding is backed up by previously pub- lished data that found LOS to be a predictive variable for in-hospital and up to 6 months mortality after ...
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Association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease: a national cross-sectional cohort study
... and COPD severity, showed that the presence of GERD was independently associated with COPD exacerbation such as hospitalization or frequent ER ...severe COPD was based upon medication ...
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Factors associated with exacerbation in mild-to-moderate COPD patients
... acute exacerbation, with exacerbations being more common in patients with poor lung ...with COPD exacerbation included COPD assessment test scores, modified Medical Research Council dysp- nea ...
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Comparing microbiota profiles in induced and spontaneous sputum samples in COPD patients
... Bergen COPD Cohort Study (BCCS) and its adjunct Bergen COPD Exacerbation Study (BCES) offers an opportunity to address this issue in COPD patients as we have sampled sputum both induced and ...
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Acute kidney injury in stable COPD and at exacerbation
... COPD exacerbation; separate codes for lower respiratory tract infection and pneumonia are also available to choose ...from. COPD patients coded for a chest infection may have also had an ...
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COPD: it is time to change!
... of COPD exacerbations is a point of paramount importance in the management of COPD that needs a completely different approach because it cannot be addressed simply with the baseline pharmacological treat- ...
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Observational study of the outcomes and costs of initiating maintenance therapies in patients with moderate exacerbations of COPD
... moderate COPD ex- ...the COPD population have included use of SABAs across all severity levels, precluding a comparison with our study [12, ...moderate COPD in a commercially insured population were ...
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Association of Bile Acid and Pepsin Micro-aspiration with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation
... Fifty-two COPD patients were selected by simple sampling from patients referring to the Bessat Lung ...without COPD exacerbation history in the past ...
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Determining prognosis in acute exacerbation of COPD
... of exacerbation of COPD between 2008 and 2011 were ...the exacerbation of ...Conclusion: COPD remains of ominous prognosis, especially after exacerbation requiring ...Keywords: ...
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Impact of mild exacerbation on COPD symptoms in a Japanese cohort
... Sometimes, COPD exacerbation was objectively judged during an unscheduled primary care assessment or when a patient walked into an emergency ...overestimating exacerbation severity must be minimal ...
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Eosinophil counts in first COPD hospitalizations: a comparison of health service utilization
... severe COPD exacerbation within the last 5 years, we observed great morbidity: in our sample, such patients had 54% all- case readmission, 25% COPD-related readmission, and 10% mortality rate in the ...
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Relationship between the presence of bronchiectasis and acute exacerbation in Thai COPD patients
... of COPD was presented by CAT and mMRC with a mean of 15 ± ...of COPD patients as GOLD A, B, C, and D, respectively. Significant COPD exacerbation ($2 episodes/year or at least 1 COPD- ...
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Approaches to drug therapy for COPD in Russia: a proposed therapeutic algorithm
... of COPD is confirmed, all comorbidities are taken into account, and the drug treatment is prescribed correctly and is used appropriately by the patient, it will then be necessary to refer the patient for a ...
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Exacerbations in the pre- and post-COPD diagnosis periods
... initial COPD diagnosis, visits with a COPD diagnosis but no other respiratory event diagnosis (eg, bronchitis or COPD exacerbation) were not included as probable or possible ...
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Eosinophil counts in first COPD hospitalizations: a 1-year cost analysis in Quebec, Canada
... severe COPD exacerbation are associated with an adjusted average increase in COPD- related costs of $1,416–1,641 ($1,845–2,138 USD) per patient in the following ...of COPD is heavy, even when ...
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Comparison of inflammatory markers in induced and spontaneous sputum in a cohort of COPD patients
... 433 COPD patients, 356 patients living in a proximity that meant they belonged to the Bergen hospital district were offered concomitant participation in the Bergen COPD Exacerbation Study ...of ...
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