Complexity in clinical diagnoses of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract Background Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is a clinical syndrome with various causes. It is not uncommon that COPD patients presenting with dyspnea have multiple causes for their symptoms including AECOPD, pneumonia, or congestive heart failure occurrin...

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Main Authors: Alexandre J. Pratt, Andrew Purssell, Tinghua Zhang, Vanessa P. J. Luks, Xavier Bauza, Sunita Mulpuru, Miranda Kirby, Shawn D. Aaron, Juthaporn Cowan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-023-02587-1