Factors associated with mortality in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalized in General Medicine departments

We aim to improve knowledge on risk factors that relate to mortality in subjects with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are hospitalized in General Medicine departments. In a cross-sectional multicenter study, by means of a logistic regression analysis, we assessed the possible association of death during hospitalization with the following groups of variables of participating patients: sociodemographic features, treatment received prior to admission and during hospitalization, COPD-related clinical features recorded prior to admission, comorbidity diagnosed prior to admission, clinical data recorded during hospitalization, laboratory results recorded during hospitalization, and electrocardiographic findings recorded during hospitalization. A total of 398 patients was included; 353 (88.7%) were male, and the median age of the patients was 75 years. Of these patients, 21 (5.3%) died during hospitalization. Only 270 (67.8%) received inhaled β(2) agonists during hospitalization, while 162 (40.7%) received angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers. The median of predicted FEV(1) prior to admission was 42%. A total of 350 patients (87.9%) had been diagnosed with two or more comorbid conditions prior to admission. An association was found between increased risk of death during hospitalization and the previous diagnoses of pneumonia, coronary heart disease, and stroke. In conclusion, comorbidity is an important contributor to mortality among patients hospitalized in General Medicine departments because of COPD exacerbation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Internal and emergency medicine - 6(2011), 1 vom: 28. Feb., Seite 47-54

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Roca, Bernardino [VerfasserIn]
Almagro, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
López, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Cabrera, Francisco J [VerfasserIn]
Montero, Lorena [VerfasserIn]
Morchón, David [VerfasserIn]
Díez, Jesús [VerfasserIn]
de la Iglesia, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Fernández, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Castiella, Jesús [VerfasserIn]
Zubillaga, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Recio, Jesús [VerfasserIn]
Soriano, Joan B [VerfasserIn]
ECCO Working Group on COPD [VerfasserIn]
Spanish Society of Internal Medicine [VerfasserIn]
de Rodas, Santiago Mola Caballero [Sonstige Person]
LópezGarcía, Francisco [Sonstige Person]
CarrataláTorregrosa, Jose Antonio [Sonstige Person]
PenadésCervera, Gemma [Sonstige Person]
CustardoyOlavarrieta, Juan [Sonstige Person]
MuelaMolinero, Alberto [Sonstige Person]
Galán, Juan Carlos Borrego [Sonstige Person]
Llanos, Rocío Llanos [Sonstige Person]
GarcíaOrenes, María del Carmen [Sonstige Person]
QuirogaIturralde, Juan Manuel [Sonstige Person]
ZubillagaGarmendia, Gabriel [Sonstige Person]
ZubillagaAzpiroz, Elena [Sonstige Person]
FernándezRuiz, Mario [Sonstige Person]
RecioIglesias, Jesús [Sonstige Person]
Velasco, María del Carmen Martínez [Sonstige Person]
Gutiérrez, María Paz Pérez [Sonstige Person]
Aguilar, Francisco Javier Cabrera [Sonstige Person]
Murua, Pablo Ryan [Sonstige Person]
OrizMinuesa, Juan Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Pérez-Barquero, Manuel Montero [Sonstige Person]
CastiellaHerrero, Jesús [Sonstige Person]
Portugal, Francisco José Sanjuan [Sonstige Person]
Salado, Juan Lucio Ramos [Sonstige Person]
Romero, José Barquero [Sonstige Person]
Lora, Fernando Javier Sánchez [Sonstige Person]
HortalTavira, Angel [Sonstige Person]
Nieto López Guerrero, Jerónimo [Sonstige Person]
Rivas, María Cruz Almendros [Sonstige Person]
de la IglesiaMartinez, Fernando [Sonstige Person]
Gutiérrez, Carlos Dueñas [Sonstige Person]
Polo, José Luis Lozano [Sonstige Person]
EscribanoSevillano, Dámaso [Sonstige Person]
Prado, Luis Quiroga [Sonstige Person]
Pérez, Carmen Mella [Sonstige Person]
Gabriel, Ramón Cigüenza [Sonstige Person]
Sánchez, José Portillo [Sonstige Person]
Boixeda i Viu, Ramon [Sonstige Person]
Rivas, Lorena Montero [Sonstige Person]
RománTerán, Carlos M [Sonstige Person]
Vila, Joan CarlesTrullas [Sonstige Person]
Villanueva, Bernardino Roca [Sonstige Person]
Julio Montes, Santiago [Sonstige Person]
Varela, José Manuel [Sonstige Person]
Morchón, David [Sonstige Person]
Escudero, Juan Carlos Martín [Sonstige Person]
DíezManglán, Jesús [Sonstige Person]
Güell i Farré, Elena [Sonstige Person]
AraújoLoperena, Olga [Sonstige Person]
Alvaro, NuriaGalofré [Sonstige Person]
Diaz, Beatriz Sobrino [Sonstige Person]
Gutiérrez, Ana Belen Mecina [Sonstige Person]
Pérez, María del Carmen Romero [Sonstige Person]
Otero, Patricia Crecente [Sonstige Person]
Cortés, Laura Madrigal [Sonstige Person]
Bandera, Rubén Díez [Sonstige Person]
Alamo, Verónica Alvarez [Sonstige Person]
Mena, Pedro Almagro [Sonstige Person]
Salamanca, Pablo Espejo [Sonstige Person]
GinerGalvañ, Vicente [Sonstige Person]
Rubio, Rafael Castillo [Sonstige Person]

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Multicenter Study

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Date Completed 15.06.2011

Date Revised 20.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11739-010-0465-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM201991543