Impact of Obesity on In-Hospital Morbidity and Mortality Among Patients Admitted for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Background Obesity has been considered to be a risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality among patients with cardiopulmonary diseases. The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obesity is very high in the United States. We aimed to use the National Inpatient Sample (NIS)...

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Autores principales: Bhide, Poorva, Bapaye, Jay, Mohan, Gaurav, Ghose, Medha, Ravilla, Jayashree, Yarrarapu, Siva Naga S, Du, Doantrang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10026755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36949996
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35138

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