… of COPD management has been shown to increase proportionally with the number of COPD
exacerbations, with COPD-related costs, including pharmacy claims for COPD treatments, …

… of severe COPD. This article discusses the clinical consequences of COPD exacerbations
and their … In addition, interventions that may prevent COPD exacerbations are reviewed. …

… in the management of patients with COPD is to improve or preserve … of COPD is often
aggravated by short episodes of increasing respiratory symptoms. These exacerbations of COPD …

… COPD exacerbations at … COPD exacerbation may have important effects on health status
and is a useful outcome measure in clinical studies of the disease. Reduction of exacerbation …

… ) exacerbations are common, but their intermediate-to-long-term impacts on health-related
quality of life (… study was to examine the impact of unreported exacerbations on HRQoL at 1 yr. …

… number of COPD exacerbations was significantly higher in patients being at GOLD 4 stage
of severity compared to those at GOLD 1–3 stages. Patients with ≥2 exacerbations per year …

… hospitalized for acute exacerbations of COPD had more impaired quality of life scores. Over
… Patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbations face short term declines in quality of life [9], …

… for COPD exacerbation influence HRQoL. We also wanted to establish whether the severity
of COPD influences the impact of hospitalisations for COPD exacerbations on HRQoL. …

… outcomes in patients hospitalised with acute exacerbations of COPD. At 6 months, 54% of …
quality of life. The recovery of HRQoL parameters after an acute COPD exacerbation may be …

… patients with moderate or severe COPD. However, QOL studies exploring acute COPD
exacerbations are lacking, and the impact of an acute COPD exacerbation on short-term changes …