Exacerbation Burden in COPD and Occurrence of Mortality in a Cohort of Italian Patients: Results of the Gulp Study.
Pierachille SantusFederico RaimondiMatteo BoniniMarco ContoliAngelo Guido CorsicoClaudio MichelettoGirolamo PelaiaDejan RadovanovicRogliani PaolaLaura SaderiNicola ScichiloneSilvia TanziManlio VellaSilvia BoarinoGiovanni SotgiuPaolo SolidoroPublished in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2024)
Patients with a low exacerbation risk are exposed to a significant future risk of moderate/severe exacerbations. Real life data confirm the strong association between mortality and cardiovascular comorbidities in COPD.
Keyphrases
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- lung function
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- risk factors
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- risk assessment
- prognostic factors
- cystic fibrosis
- high intensity
- intensive care unit
- coronary artery disease
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- mechanical ventilation