Article
Clinical outcomes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes. One center prospective study.
Advances in respiratory medicine - 1 Jan 2021
Said Azza, Esmail Mernal, Abdel Naiem Emad, Zaki Zaki, Raouf Rasha
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: The clinical outcome of different chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) phenotypes is still unclear. OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to detect the effect of different COPD phenotypes on disease outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred stable COPD patients were included. They were divided into 3 phenotypes; 45 patients in exacerbator phenotype, 37 patients in non-exacerbator, and 18...
Topics
- Disease Progression
- Humans
- Lung
- Phenotype
- Prospective Studies
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Quality of Life
- Risk Factors
- Vital Capacity