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Predictors of pneumonia on routine chest radiographs in patients with COPD: a post hoc analysis of two 1-year randomized controlled trials

BACKGROUND: Patients with COPD are at risk for life-threatening pneumonia. Although anatomical abnormalities in the thorax may predispose to pneumonia, those abnormalities identified on routine chest X-rays (CXRs) in patients with COPD have not been studied to better understand pneumonia risk. METHO...

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Autores principales: Rubin, David B, Ahmad, Harris A, O’Neal, Michael, Bennett, Sophie, Lettis, Sally, Galkin, Dmitry V, Crim, Courtney
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5764287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29386888
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S142530