Drivers of year-to-year variation in exacerbation frequency of COPD: analysis of the AERIS cohort

The association between exacerbation aetiology and exacerbation frequency is poorly understood. We analysed 2-year follow-up data from a prospective observational study of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (www.clinicaltrials.gov identifier number NCT01360398) to evaluate ye...

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Main Authors: Tom M.A. Wilkinson, Emmanuel Aris, Simon C. Bourne, Stuart C. Clarke, Mathieu Peeters, Thierry G. Pascal, Laura Taddei, Andrew C. Tuck, Viktoriya L. Kim, Kristoffer K. Ostridge, Karl J. Staples, Nicholas P. Williams, Anthony P. Williams, Stephen A. Wootton, Jeanne-Marie Devaster, The AERIS Study Group:, J. Alnajar, R. Anderson, E. Aris, W.R. Ballou, A. Barton, S. Bourne, M. Caubet, S.C. Clarke, D. Cleary, C. Cohet, N.A. Coombs, K. Cox, J-M. Devaster, V. Devine, N. Devos, E. Dineen, T. Elliott, R. Gladstone, S. Harden, J. Jefferies, V.L. Kim, P. Moris, K.K. Ostridge, T.G. Pascal, M. Peeters, B. Sente, S. Schoonbroodt, K.J. Staples, A.C. Tuck, L. Welch, V. Weynants, T.M.A. Wilkinson, A.P. Williams, N.P. Williams, C. Woelk, M. Wojtas, S.A. Wootton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2019-02-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/5/1/00248-2018.full