Back to Search
Start Over
Frequency of exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an analysis of the SPIROMICS cohort
- Source :
- The Lancet Respiratory Medicine; August 2017, Vol. 5 Issue: 8 p619-626, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
-
Abstract
- Present treatment strategies to stratify exacerbation risk in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) rely on a history of two or more events in the previous year. We aimed to understand year to year variability in exacerbations and factors associated with consistent exacerbations over time.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22132600 and 22132619
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs42666349
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30207-2