Impact of diurnal temperature variations on sputum bacterial detection in hospitalized patients with acute COPD exacerbation: a retrospective study from Fuzhou, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between meteorological data three days before admission and the status of sputum pathogens culture in hospitalized patients with Acute exacerbation of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) and respiratory infections.

Methods

Data from 1,370 AECOPD patients (80.66% males, approximately 80% age > 70) with respiratory infections hospitalized in Fujian Provincial Hospital between December 2013 and December 2019 were collected. This cohort comprised, along with concurrent meteorological data from Fuzhou. Group differences were analyzed to compare the meteorological data three days prior to admission between patients with positive sputum pathogen cultures and those without. Logistic regression models were employed to investigate th

SUBMITTER: Xue H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11193170 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature