The influence of anemia on one-year exacerbation rate of patients with COPD-PH

The influence of anemia on one-year exacerbation rate of patients with COPD-PH

Abstract Background Anemia is prevalent not only in COPD but also in pulmonary hypertension. We postulated that anemia may have certain prognostic value in COPD concomitant with PH due to COPD (COPD-PH). Methods We performed a 12-month prospective investigation to follow up COPD patients with or wit...

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Main Authors: Wei Xiong, Mei Xu, Bigyan Pudasaini, Xuejun Guo, Jinming Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
COPD
Pulmonary hypertension
Anemia
Prognosis
Hemoglobin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0693-6

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