Oxygen therapy and inpatient mortality in COPD exacerbation

Mortality predictors following acute exacerbation of COPD

Introduction: acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) is a major cause of hospital admission, and predicts subsequent medium-term mortality. We aimed to examine mortality predictors in patients discharged from hospital after AECOPD. Methods: we obtained baseline demographic and clinical data from 100 patients (mean age (range) = 73 (60–98) years; 48 males) admitted with AECOPD. All completed the fo...

COPD exacerbation: mortality prognosis factors in a respiratory care unit.

OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to investigate the mortality predictive factors after a severe exacerbations of COPD admitted to a Spanish respiratory intermediate care unit (IRCU). PATIENTS AND METHODS Prospective observational 2 years study, where we included all episodes of acute exacerbations of COPD with hypercapnic respiratory failure admitted in an IRCU. We analyzed different sociod...

One-year mortality after severe COPD exacerbation in Bulgaria

INTRODUCTION One-year mortality in COPD patients is reported to be between 4% and 43%, depending on the group examined. AIM To examine the one-year mortality in COPD patients after severe exacerbation and the correlation between mortality and patients' characteristics and comorbidities. METHODS A total of 152 COPD patients hospitalized for severe exacerbation were assessed for vitamin D sta...

Long-term oxygen therapy in COPD.

Home oxygen therapy in COPD patients

INTRODUCTION Oxygen has been used systematic in the treatment of lung disease since 1922 (9) Treatment with oxygen in the home of the patient is called “home oxygen therapy” or “domiciliary oxygen”. Two randomized studies some 25 years ago showed that continuous oxygen therapy under certain circumstances improved survival in COPD patients (10, 11). Since then, home oxygen therapy has become wid...