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Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes between aspiration pneumonia and community-acquired pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients often have dysphagia through age and several co-morbidities, leading to aspiration pneumonia (AsP). COPD patients also have increased risk of developing community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Using a national inpatient database in Japan,...

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Autores principales: Yamauchi, Yasuhiro, Yasunaga, Hideo, Matsui, Hiroki, Hasegawa, Wakae, Jo, Taisuke, Takami, Kazutaka, Fushimi, Kiyohide, Nagase, Takahide
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4495636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26152178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-015-0064-5