Comorbidities and short-term prognosis in patients hospitalized for acute exacerbation of COPD: the EPOC en Servicios de medicina interna (ESMI) study

P Almagro, FJ Cabrera, J Diez, R Boixeda, MBA Ortiz… - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
Background Comorbidities are frequent in patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbation, but
little is known about their relation with short-term mortality and hospital readmissions. Our …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with hospital emergency readmission and mortality rates in patients with heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a national …

A Bottle, K Honeyford, F Chowdhury… - Health and Social …, 2018 - journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk
Background Heart failure (HF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) lead to
unplanned hospital activity, but our understanding of what drives this is incomplete …

Predicting frequent COPD exacerbations using primary care data

M Kerkhof, D Freeman, R Jones… - … journal of chronic …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Acute COPD exacerbations account for much of the rising disability and costs
associated with COPD, but data on predictive risk factors are limited. The goal of the current …

Predictors of hospitalized exacerbations and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

M Santibanez, R Garrastazu, M Ruiz-Nunez… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background and Aim Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) carry
significant consequences for patients and are responsible for considerable health-care costs …

Clinical characteristics associated with adverse events in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective cohort study

IG Stiell, CM Clement, SD Aaron, BH Rowe, JJ Perry… - Cmaj, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
Background: To assist physicians with difficult decisions about hospital admission for
patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

A score to predict short-term risk of COPD exacerbations (SCOPEX)

BJ Make, G Eriksson, PM Calverley… - … journal of chronic …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background There is no clinically useful score to predict chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) exacerbations. We aimed to derive this by analyzing data from three …

Development and validation of an admission prediction tool for emergency departments in the Netherlands

N Kraaijvanger, D Rijpsma, L Roovers… - Emergency Medicine …, 2018 - emj.bmj.com
Objective Early prediction of admission has the potential to reduce length of stay in the ED.
The aim of this study is to create a computerised tool to predict admission probability …

[HTML][HTML] Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a primer for emergency physicians

R Sorge, P DeBlieux - The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD)
impose a significant burden on patients and the emergency health care system. Patients …

Clinical validation of a risk scale for serious outcomes among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease managed in the emergency department

IG Stiell, JJ Perry, CM Clement, RJ Brison, BH Rowe… - Cmaj, 2018 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: The Ottawa chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Risk Scale
(OCRS), which consists of 10 criteria, was previously derived to identify patients in the …

Emergency department management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: factors predicting readmission

W Bartels, S Adamson, L Leung, DD Sin… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Rationale Readmissions are common following acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (AECOPD) and are partially responsible for increased morbidity and …