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Consolidation and Exacerbation of COPD

Twenty percent of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients admitted to hospital because of an ‘exacerbation’ will have consolidation visible on a chest X-ray. The presence of consolidation is associated with higher mortality. Imperfect definitions of COPD exacerbation and pneumonia, and...

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Autor principal: Hurst, John R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29865214
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medsci6020044