Background Both single factors and composite measures have been suggested to predict
mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and there is a need …

Background COPD is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world;
however, the most varied amounts of clinical and laboratory characteristics acts in different …

Factors determining in-hospital mortality and long-term survival of patients hospitalised with
acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are not precisely …

Purpose A multidimensional approach in the risk assessment of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) is preferable. The aim of this study is to compare the prognostic …

Background Current risk factors for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease mortality focus
only on overall and respiratory death. We investigated whether risk factors for each specific …

(1) Background: Mortality is a major outcome in research on chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) with various predictors described. However, the dynamic courses of …

BACKGROUND: Identifying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients at
increased risk of mortality is an important component of effective disease management …

Introduction COPD is a major cause of mortality, and the unpredictable trajectory of the
disease can bring challenges to end-of-life care. We aimed to investigate known prognostic …

Background FEV 1 is regarded as the most significant correlate of survival in COPD and is
used as a measure of disease severity in the staging of COPD. Recently, however, the …

Little is known about causes of death in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and
the validity of mortality statistics in COPD. The present authors examined causes of death …