The Christmas Season as a Risk Factor for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations

Neil W Johnston; Andrew McIvor; Kim Lambert Reg N; Justina M Greene; Pat Hussac; Maria Gerhardsson de Verdier; Tim Higenbottam; Jonathan Lewis; Paul Newbold; Athula Herath; Martin Jenkins

doi:10.1155/2010/460532

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2010)

The Christmas Season as a Risk Factor for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations

Neil W Johnston,
Andrew McIvor,
Kim Lambert Reg N,
Justina M Greene,
Pat Hussac,
Maria Gerhardsson de Verdier,
Tim Higenbottam,
Jonathan Lewis,
Paul Newbold,
Athula Herath,
Martin Jenkins

Affiliations

Neil W Johnston: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Andrew McIvor: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Kim Lambert Reg N: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Justina M Greene: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Pat Hussac: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Maria Gerhardsson de Verdier: Respiratory and Inflammation Therapy Area, AstraZeneca, Lund, Sweden
Tim Higenbottam: Respiratory and Inflammation Therapy Area, AstraZeneca Charnwood, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Jonathan Lewis: Respiratory and Inflammation Therapy Area, AstraZeneca Charnwood, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Paul Newbold: Respiratory and Inflammation Therapy Area, AstraZeneca Charnwood, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Athula Herath: Biostatistics, AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Martin Jenkins: Biostatistics, AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, United Kingdom

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/460532
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 6
pp. 275 – 281

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Epidemics of hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) occur annually during the Christmas holidays, and COPD exacerbations commonly coincide with respiratory viral infections.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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