Readmission for Acute Exacerbation within 30 Days of Discharge Is Associated with a Subsequent Progressive Increase in Mortality Risk in COPD Patients: A Long-Term Observational Study

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Twenty per cent of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are readmitted for acute exacerbation (AECOPD) within 30 days of discharge. The prognostic significance of early readmission is not fully understood. The objective of our study was to estimate the mort...

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Publié dans:PLoS One
Auteurs principaux: Guerrero, Mónica, Crisafulli, Ernesto, Liapikou, Adamantia, Huerta, Arturo, Gabarrús, Albert, Chetta, Alfredo, Soler, Nestor, Torres, Antoni
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Public Library of Science 2016
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4778849/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26943928
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150737
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