Comorbidities and risk of mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

M Divo, C Cote, JP de Torres, C Casanova… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are afflicted by
comorbidities. Few studies have prospectively evaluated COPD comorbidities and mortality …

Comorbidity, hospitalization, and mortality in COPD: results from a longitudinal study

C Terzano, V Conti, F Di Stefano, A Petroianni… - Lung, 2010 - Springer
We evaluated comorbidity, hospitalization, and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD), with special attention to risk factors for frequent hospitalizations (more than …

Co-morbidity contributes to predict mortality of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

RA Incalzi, L Fuso, M De Rosa… - European …, 1997 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic role of co-morbidity in severe chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A cohort of 270 COPD patients, mean (+/-SD) age …

Mortality in COPD: role of comorbidities

DD Sin, NR Anthonisen, JB Soriano… - European Respiratory …, 2006 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents an increasing burden throughout
the world. COPD-related mortality is probably underestimated because of the difficulties …

Multicomponent indices to predict survival in COPD: the COCOMICS study

JM Marin, I Alfageme, P Almagro… - European …, 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Guidelines recommend defining chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by airflow
obstruction and other factors, but no studies have evaluated the ability of existing …

Epidemiology and clinical impact of major comorbidities in patients with COPD

MC Smith, JP Wrobel - International journal of chronic obstructive …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Comorbidities are frequent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and
significantly impact on patients' quality of life, exacerbation frequency, and survival. There is …

Prognostic evaluation of COPD patients: GOLD 2011 versus BODE and the COPD comorbidity index COTE

JP de Torres, C Casanova, JM Marín, V Pinto-Plata… - Thorax, 2014 - thorax.bmj.com
Background The Global Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2011 revision recommends the
multidimensional assessment of COPD including comorbidities and has developed a …

Prevalence of comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a meta-analysis

HL Yin, SQ Yin, QY Lin, Y Xu, HW Xu, T Liu - Medicine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: This study compares the prevalence rates of comorbidities between chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and non-COPD control patients reported in …

COPD and its comorbidities: impact, measurement and mechanisms

NA Negewo, PG Gibson, VM McDonald - Respirology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) frequently coexists with other conditions
often known as comorbidities. The prevalence of most of the common comorbid conditions …

Clusters of comorbidities based on validated objective measurements and systemic inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

LEGW Vanfleteren, MA Spruit, M Groenen… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Comorbidities contribute to disease severity and mortality in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Comorbidities have been studied individually and …