Predictors of Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - 09/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.ccm.2007.05.002
Claudia G. Cote, MD a, b, ⁎ 
, Bartolome R. Celli, MD c, d
, Bartolome R. Celli, MD c, d a University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
b Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program, Bay Pines Veterans Administration Health Care System, 111 A - PO BOX 5005, Bay Pines, FL 33744, USA
c Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
d Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Caritas Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, 736 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02135, USA
Corresponding author. Bay Pines VA Health Care System, 111 A - PO BOX 5005, Bay Pines, FL 33744.Abstract |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has become a major and growing health problem, with a mortality rate that continues to increase. Several factors, have been identified as individual predictors of mortality in COPD. This article reviews individual predictors for mortality. It also discusses the ability of an integrated, multidimensional tool to more broadly characterize COPD severity, assess response to therapeutic interventions and exacerbations, and predict mortality.
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Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS.
Vol 28 - N° 3
P. 515-524 - septembre 2007 Retour au numéro
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