Short- and medium-term prognosis in patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbation: the CODEX index

No valid tools exist for evaluating the prognosis in the short and medium term after hospital discharge of patients with COPD. Our hypothesis was that a new index based on the CODEX (comorbidity, obstruction, dyspnea, and previous severe exacerbations) index can accurately predict mortality, hospita...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 2014-05, Vol.145 (5), p.972-980
Hauptverfasser:	Almagro, Pedro, Soriano, Joan B, Cabrera, Francisco J, Boixeda, Ramon, Alonso-Ortiz, M Belen, Barreiro, Bienvenido, Diez-Manglano, Jesus, Murio, Cristina, Heredia, Josep L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Airway Obstruction - diagnosis Airway Obstruction - etiology Disease Progression Dyspnea - diagnosis Dyspnea - etiology Female Follow-Up Studies Hospital Mortality - trends Humans Inpatients Male Patient Discharge - trends Patient Readmission - trends Prognosis Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnosis Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - mortality Reproducibility of Results Retrospective Studies Severity of Illness Index Spain - epidemiology Survival Rate - trends Time Factors
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