MULTI-PHACET: multidimensional clinical phenotyping of hospitalised acute COPD exacerbations

Background The generic term “exacerbation” does not reflect the heterogeneity of acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD). We utilised a novel algorithmic strategy to profile exacerbation phenotypes based on underlying aetiologies. Methods Patients hospitalised for AECOPD (n=146) were investigated for a...

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Main Authors: Martin I. MacDonald, Christian R. Osadnik, Lauren Bulfin, Elizabeth Leahy, Paul Leong, Eskandarain Shafuddin, Kais Hamza, Paul T. King, Philip G. Bardin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2021-07-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/3/00198-2021.full