Mortality after admission with pneumonia is higher than after admission with an exacerbation of COPD
European Respiratory Journal2022Vol. 59(5), pp. 2102899–2102899
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Jørgen Vestbo, Grant Waterer, David Leather, Courtney Crim, Nawar Diar Bakerly, Lucy Frith, Loretta Jacques, Catherine Harvey, Imran Satia, Ashley Woodcock
Abstract
Mortality after an admission for pneumonia is considerably higher than for an admission for an exacerbation in COPD patients recruited from usual clinical practice. A proper diagnosis in acute worsenings of symptoms in COPD is therefore important.https://bit.ly/3LyhnnC
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