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High eosinophil blood counts are associated with a shorter length of hospital stay in exacerbated COPD patients – a retrospective analysis

BACKGROUND: In COPD, the course of the disease including morbidity and mortality is strongly associated with severe exacerbations. The current GOLD recommendations emphasize blood eosinophil counts as a marker for responsiveness to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). Retrospective analyses from randomize...

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Autores principales: Greulich, Timm, Tüffers, Julia, Mager, Sina, Eder, Anna, Maxheim, Michael, Alter, Peter, Schmeck, Bernd, Vogelmeier, Claus F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7204070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32375777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-020-01365-5