Economic Impact of Using an Immunostimulating Agent to Prevent Severe Acute Exacerbations in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Jean-Paul Collet; Thierry Ducruet; Seema Haider; Stan Shapiro; Ann Robinson; Paolo M Renzi; André-Pierre Contandriopoulos; Pierre Ernst

doi:10.1155/2001/508015

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2001)

Economic Impact of Using an Immunostimulating Agent to Prevent Severe Acute Exacerbations in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Jean-Paul Collet,
Thierry Ducruet,
Seema Haider,
Stan Shapiro,
Ann Robinson,
Paolo M Renzi,
André-Pierre Contandriopoulos,
Pierre Ernst

Affiliations

Jean-Paul Collet: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, SMBD Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Thierry Ducruet: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, SMBD Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Seema Haider: Respiratory Division, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Stan Shapiro: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, SMBD Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Ann Robinson: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, SMBD Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Paolo M Renzi: Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Montréal, Pavillon Notre Dame, Département de Pneumologie, Montréal, Québec, Canada
André-Pierre Contandriopoulos: Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Pierre Ernst: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2001/508015
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 27 – 33

Abstract

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RATIONALE: OM-85 BV, an immunostimulant made from bacterial extracts, has been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization for acute exacerbation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as well as to reduce the length of stay for all hospitalizations.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
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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