Clinical-functional characteristics and risk of exacerbation and mortality among more symptomatic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a retrospective cohort study.
Qing SongLing LinWei ChengXue-Shan LiYu-Qin ZengCong LiuMin-Hua DengDan LiuZhi-Ping YuXin LiLi-Bing MaYan ChenShan CaiAiyuan ZhouPublished in: BMJ open (2023)
More symptomatic COPD patients have worse outcomes. In addition, several independent risk factors for exacerbation and mortality were identified. Therefore, clinicians should be aware of these risk factors and take them into account during interventions.
Keyphrases
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- risk factors
- cardiovascular events
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- lung function
- physical activity
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- air pollution
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- patient reported