Is hypercapnia associated with poor prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? A long-term follow-up cohort study

OBJECTIVES: To assess whether hypercapnia may predict the prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DESIGN: Prospective cohort study comparing the survival of patients with COPD and normocapnia to those with chronic hypercapnia. SETTING: Patients with consecutive COPD were enrolled...

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Published in:BMJ Open
Main Authors: Yang, Hui, Xiang, Pingchao, Zhang, Erming, Guo, Weian, Shi, Yanwei, Zhang, Shuo, Tong, Zhaohui
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Qualitative Research
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4679936/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26671953
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008909
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