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Comorbidity as a contributor to frequent severe acute exacerbation in COPD patients

BACKGROUND: Comorbidities have a serious impact on the frequent severe acute exacerbations (AEs) in patients with COPD. Previous studies have used the Charlson comorbidity index to represent a conglomerate of comorbidities; however, the respective contribution of each coexisting disease to the frequ...

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Autores principales: Jeong, Suk Hyeon, Lee, Hyun, Carriere, KC, Shin, Sun Hye, Moon, Seong Mi, Jeong, Byeong-Ho, Koh, Won-Jung, Park, Hye Yun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27536097
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S103063