Risk Factors for Mortality in Severe Chronic COPD
Purpose: | To evaluate an older patient with severe COPD for mortality risk factors as reported by Antonelli-Incalzi et al. |
Specialty: | Pulmonology |
Objective: | risk factors, selection |
ICD-10: | J44 |
Description: | Antonelli-Incalzi et al identified a number of risk factors for predicting mortality in older patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This can help identify a person who may benefit from more aggressive management. The authors are from multiple universities in Italy. |
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