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Characterization Associated with the Frequent Severe Exacerbator Phenotype in COPD Patients
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Wu, Yao-Kuang Su, Wen-Lin Yang, Mei-Chen Chen, Sin-Yi Wu, Chih-Wei Lan, Chou-Chin |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory disease with exacerbations causing hospitalizations, morbidity, and mortality. COPD exacerbation causes a substantial health impact, and its subtypes might differ in prognosis and treatment response. Methods: This study evaluated the factors of COPD exacerbations and explored the probabilities of frequent severe COPD exacerbations. Categorical and continuous variables between groups were compared. The hazard ratio (HR) and the probability of no hospital readmission were also estimated. Results: A total of 617 COPD patients were enrolled and comprised the frequent exacerbator (N = 226) and the non-frequent exacerbator (N = 391) groups. The frequent exacerbator group significantly displayed a higher eosinophil count (EC; p=0.004), a higher percentage of the frequent severe acute exacerbation history before the index hospitalization (IH; p Conclusion: Patients with EC ≥ 2%, FEV1 |
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| Ending Page | 2485 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| Starting Page | 2475 |
| ISSN | 11769106 |
| e-ISSN | 11782005 |
| DOI | 10.2147/copd.s317177 |
| Journal | International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| Volume Number | 16 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2021-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Respiratory System Frequent Severe Treatment Hospitalization Frequent Exacerbator Copd Exacerbations Probability |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Health Policy |