Hypo- and hypercapnia predict mortality in oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population-based prospective study

BACKGROUND: The prognostic role of the arterial blood gas tension of carbon dioxide (PaCO(2)) in severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) remains unknown. The aim of this study was to estimate the association between PaCO(2) and mortality in oxygen-dependent COPD. METHODS: National prospe...

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Autores principales: Ahmadi, Zainab, Bornefalk-Hermansson, Anna, Franklin, Karl A, Midgren, Bengt, Ekström, Magnus P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3995652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24625018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-15-30

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3995652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24625018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-15-30

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