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Octogenarian patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Characteristics and usefulness of prognostic indexes.
Medicina clinica - 23 Jul 2018
Golpe Rafael, Suárez-Valor María, Veres-Racamonde Alejandro, Cano-Jiménez Esteban, Martín-Robles Irene, Sanjuán-López Pilar, Pérez-de-Llano Luis
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Most studies on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exclude octogenarian patients. Therefore, the disease is not well characterized in this age group. The objective of this study is to analyze the clinical characteristics of octogenarian patients with COPD and the usefulness of the prognostic indexes used most frequently in this age group. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Retrospective...
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