Cardiac dysfunction during exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

MI MacDonald, E Shafuddin, PT King… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease often coexist,
and acute cardiac events frequently occur during COPD exacerbations. Even when cardiac …

Validation of the DECAF score to predict hospital mortality in acute exacerbations of COPD

C Echevarria, J Steer, K Heslop-Marshall, SC Stenton… - Thorax, 2016 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Hospitalisation due to acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) is common,
and subsequent mortality high. The DECAF score was derived for accurate prediction of …

[HTML][HTML] A machine learning approach to triaging patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

S Swaminathan, K Qirko, T Smith, E Corcoran… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
COPD patients are burdened with a daily risk of acute exacerbation and loss of control,
which could be mitigated by effective, on-demand decision support tools. In this study, we …

Urea

H Wang, J Ran, T Jiang - Urea Transporters, 2014 - Springer
Urea is generated by the urea cycle enzymes, which are mainly in the liver but are also
ubiquitously expressed at low levels in other tissues. The metabolic process is altered in …

Predicting frequent COPD exacerbations using primary care data

M Kerkhof, D Freeman, R Jones… - … journal of chronic …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Acute COPD exacerbations account for much of the rising disability and costs
associated with COPD, but data on predictive risk factors are limited. The goal of the current …

[HTML][HTML] The existence of bronchiectasis predicts worse prognosis in patients with COPD

B Mao, HW Lu, MH Li, LC Fan, JW Yang, XY Miao… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Bronchiectasis is prevalent in patients with COPD. The objective of this study was to assess
the clinical characteristics and prognostic value of bronchiectasis in patients with COPD in …

A validation of the National Early Warning Score to predict outcome in patients with COPD exacerbation

LE Hodgson, BD Dimitrov, J Congleton, R Venn… - Thorax, 2017 - thorax.bmj.com
Background The National Early Warning Score (NEWS), proposed as a standardised track
and trigger system, may perform less well in acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD). This …

Home monitoring of breathing rate in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: observational study of feasibility, acceptability, and change after …

N Rubio, RA Parker, EM Drost, H Pinnock… - … journal of chronic …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Telehealth programs to promote early identification and timely self-management of acute
exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (AECOPDs) have yielded …

2021 Guideline for the management of COPD exacerbations: emergency medicine association of Turkey (EMAT)/Turkish thoracic society (TTS) clinical practice …

NÖ Doğan, Y Varol, N Köktürk, E Aksay… - Turkish Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an important public health problem that
manifests with exacerbations and causes serious mortality and morbidity in both developed …

Prospective and explicit clinical validation of the Ottawa heart failure risk scale, with and without use of quantitative NT‐pro BNP

IG Stiell, JJ Perry, CM Clement… - Academic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives We previously developed the Ottawa Heart Failure Risk Scale (OHFRS) to assist
with disposition decisions for acute heart failure patients in the emergency department (ED) …