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Impact of Comorbidities and Commonly Used Drugs on Mortality in COPD - Real-World Data from a Primary Care Setting.

Jens EllingsenGunnar JohanssonKjell LarssonKarin LisspersMalinovschi AndreiBjörn StällbergMarcus ThuressonChrister Jansson
Published in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2020)
This large, retrospective, observational study of Swedish real-world primary care COPD patients indicates that coexisting heart failure, stroke and myocardial infarction were the strongest predictors of death, underscoring the importance of timely recognition and treatment of comorbidities. A decreased risk of death associated with the use of ICS, beta-blockers and ASA, and an increased risk associated with the use of LAMA and NAC, was also found.
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