This study aimed to estimate time trends in the lifetime risk of hospitalisation with
exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Denmark. During the …

Methods An observational study of a cohort of 400 patients with an established diagnosis of
COPD was performed in the pulmonology department of the University of Algiers. The …

OBJECTIVE: Exacerbations of COPD requiring hospital admission have important clinical
and societal implications. We sought to investigate the incidence, recurrence, risk factors …

Background There are limited data describing patients with moderate COPD exacerbations
and evaluating comparative effectiveness of maintenance treatments in this patient …

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a chronic, often progressive disease,
which in most patients is caused by tobacco smoking. Our study focuses on differences in …

Rationale: Cardiovascular events after chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
exacerbations are recognized. Studies to date have been post hoc analyses of trials, did not …

Rationale: Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPDs) are
important adverse events in the natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Background In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the role of specific
comorbidities on all-cause mortality is of major interest particularly with a database …

Since the publication of the new GOLD proposal for the assessment of COPD, four studies
have used existing cohorts to explore the characteristics, temporal variability and/or …

Introduction DACCORD is an observational, non-interventional study being conducted in
German primary and secondary care centres. The study aims to describe the impact of …