The impact of depressive symptoms on outcomes of acute exacerbations of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) has not been thoroughly evaluated in prospective …

Background Frequent and highly prevalent as comorbidities in Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients, both depression and anxiety seem to have an impact …

Background Depression is an important comorbidity for patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). The association between depression and acute exacerbations …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with exacerbations. Some patients are
prone to frequent exacerbations and these individuals have a worse quality of life, greater …

Patients with acute exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) and
concurrent depression suffer significant psychological stress and decreased quality of life …

Background Depression increases disability and health care utilization in older patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives To determine contribution of …

Background Depressive symptoms are common among patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), but depression's impact on COPD outcomes has not been fully …

Objective To reveal the risk factors, the symptom distribution characteristics, the clinical
values of white blood cell counts (WBC counts), red blood cell distribution width (RDW) …

Background Anxiety and depression are common entities in patients diagnosed with COPD.
However, the impact that they have on the exacerbation of illness is scarcely studied …

Introduction: acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) is a major cause of hospital admission,
and predicts subsequent medium-term mortality. We aimed to examine mortality predictors …