Association of Symptoms of Obstructive Lung Disease and All-Cause Mortality in Older Adult Smokers.

Maria Theresa D OpinaBarbara J NicklasJames F LovatoDaniel Clark FilesStephen B KritchevskyWendy C Moore

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2019)

OLD is associated with high risk of death with different risk profiles based on symptom group. Patients with symptoms of shortness of breath without OLD should be considered an at-risk group given their similar mortality to those with OLD with minimal symptoms. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:2116-2122, 2019.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
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patient reported
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