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Increased risk of community-acquired pneumonia in COPD patients with comorbid cardiovascular disease
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: COPD patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) have worse clinical outcomes, as compared to those without COPD. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a common comorbidity for COPD patients. Whether COPD with comorbid CVD will increase the risk of CAP is not well investigat...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5147399/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27980402 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S115137 |