Article
Clinical characteristics of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with comorbid bronchiectasis: a systemic review and meta-analysis.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 1 Jan 2015
Ni Yingmeng, Shi Guochao, Yu Youchao, Hao Jimin, Chen Tiantian, Song Huihui
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In the 2014 Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease guidelines, bronchiectasis was for the first time defined as a comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and this change has been retained in the 2015 update, which emphasizes the influence of bronchiectasis in the natural history of COPD. The present meta-analysis was aimed at summarizing the impact of...
Topics
- Bronchiectasis
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Comorbidity
- Female
- Humans
- Inflammation Mediators
- Lung
- Male
- Odds Ratio
- Phenotype
- Predictive Value of Tests
