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Factors Related with Hospital Attendance and Mortality in Patients with COPD: A Case–Control Study in a Real-Life Setting

2022; Dove Medical Press; Volume: Volume 17; Linguagem: Inglês

10.2147/copd.s355236

1178-2005

Estrella López-Pardo, Cristina Candal‐Pedreira, Luís Valdés, Cristina Represas‐Represas, Alberto Ruano‐Raviña, Mónica Pérez‐Ríos,

Emergency and Acute Care Studies

The rising trend in hospital admissions among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is worrying, not only because of the increasing costs, but also because of the worsening quality of life. We aimed to identify the predictive factors of hospital admission, re-admission and mortality of COPD patients through using information exclusively registered in electronic clinical records.