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Is hypercapnia associated with poor prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? A long-term follow-up cohort study
OBJECTIVES: To assess whether hypercapnia may predict the prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DESIGN: Prospective cohort study comparing the survival of patients with COPD and normocapnia to those with chronic hypercapnia. SETTING: Patients with consecutive COPD were enrolled...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4679936/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26671953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008909 |