Cohort Study of Factors Contributing to Mortality Two Months after Exacerbation of COPD According to Patient Destination from Emergency Department
Marisa Baré, Concepción Montón, Xavier Pomares, Juli Font, Núria Torà, Cristina Estirado, José Maria Quintana, Ana Santiago, Silvia Vidal & The IRYSS-COPD Appropriateness Study Group · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2014
Background: We aimed to determine the mortality two months after exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (eCOPD) and to identify factors associated with mortality, comparing patients admitted to wards and those discharged to home from the emergency department. Metho...
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10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11853