Incidence and risk factors of exacerbations among COPD patients in primary health care: APMPOC study

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth cause of death. Exacerbations have a negative impact on the prognosis of COPD and the frequency and severity of these episodes are associated with a higher patient mortality. Exacerbations are the first cause of decomp...

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Autores principales: Borrell, Eulàlia, Rodríguez, Mar, Torán, Pere, Muñoz, Laura, Pera, Guillem, Montellà, Núria, Monteagudo, Mònica, Urrea, Magalí, Puigfel, Yolanda, Negrete, Antonio, Mezquiriz, Xavier, Domènech, Cristina, Lacasta, Anna, García, Ma Llum, Maneus, Sandra, Tintoré, Glòria
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2633267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19134205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-8

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