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Phenotyping COPD exacerbations using imaging and blood-based biomarkers.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 1 Jan 2018
Alotaibi Nawaf M, Chen Virginia, Hollander Zsuzsanna, Hague Cameron J, Murphy Darra T, Leipsic Jonathon A, DeMarco Mari L, FitzGerald J Mark, McManus Bruce M, Ng Raymond T, Sin Don D
Abstract excerpt
Rationale: Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are caused by a variety of different etiologic agents. Our aim was to phenotype COPD exacerbations using imaging (chest X-ray [CXR] and computed tomography [CT]) and to determine the possible role of the blood tests (C-reactive protein [CRP], the N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide [NT-proBNP]) as diagnostic biomarkers....
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