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Clinical variables predicting the risk of a hospital stay for longer than 7 days in patients with severe acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective study

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients may experience an acute exacerbation (AECOPD) that requires hospitalisation. The length of hospital stay (LHS) has a great economic impact on the health-care system. Knowing the predictors of prolonged LHS could help to identify possi...

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Autores principales: Crisafulli, Ernesto, Ielpo, Antonella, Barbeta, Enric, Ceccato, Adrian, Huerta, Arturo, Gabarrús, Albert, Soler, Néstor, Chetta, Alfredo, Torres, Antoni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6307152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30591055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-018-0951-4