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What Are the Most Effective Factors in Determining Future Exacerbations, Morbidity Weight, and Mortality in Patients with COPD Attack?


ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate the important factors that affect COPD prognosis. We included 160 hospitalized patients with COPD exacerbation in the study. The hemoglobin (HB), hematocrit (HCT), leukocytes, red cell distribution width (RDW), mean platelet volume, platelet distribution width, plateletcrits, platelets, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, platelet/lymphocyte ratio, eosinophils, uric acid, albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin, arterial blood gases (PO2 and PCO2), pulmonary function test (FEV1 and FVC), echocardiography (ejection fraction-EF), Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage, Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) and Borg scales, Charlson comorbidity index, body mass index (BMI), and the length of hospital stay were examined on the f

SUBMITTER: Koc C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8880362 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature