Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a condition with high
morbidity and cost to health services due to a high number of exacerbations necessitating …

Background: Approximately 3.2 million global deaths occur each year due to chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in which exacerbations of COPD remain a …

Background Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are often
readmitted to hospital for treatment due to an acute exacerbation of the disease. However …

Background Readmission rates following hospitalisation for COPD exacerbations are
unacceptably high, and the contributing factors are poorly understood. Our objective was to …

Background Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) exacerbations are a significant cause
of morbidity and mortality. Data regarding factors which causes or prevents exacerbations is …

Background Hospital admissions are important contributors to the overall burden of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Understanding the patterns and causes of hospital …

Purpose Readmission of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been used as
a measure of performance for COPD care. This study aimed to determine the rate of …

Objective: The aim of our study was to study the COPD phenotypes, comorbidities and
factors predicting treatment outcomes in patients with acute exacerbations of COPD …

The aim of this study was to identify a multivariate model to predict poor outcomes after
admission for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We …

The comorbidities are frequent in hospitalized COPD patients but little is known about their
association with the serious health outcomes. We aimed to assess the relationship between …