Seasonality, risk factors and burden of community-acquired pneumonia in COPD patients: a population database study using linked health care records

BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is more common in patients with COPD than in the adult general population, with studies of hospitalized CAP patients consistently reporting COPD as a frequent comorbidity. However, despite an increasing recognition of its importance, large studies evalu...

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Published in:Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
Main Authors: Williams, Nicholas P, Coombs, Ngaire A, Johnson, Matthew J, Josephs, Lynn K, Rigge, Lucy A, Staples, Karl J, Thomas, Mike, Wilkinson, Tom MA
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5261550/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28176888
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S121389
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