Two-Year Mortality Following a Severe COPD Exacerbation in Bulgarian Patients

Mekov E.; Petkov R.; Tsakova A.; Genova M.; Kostadinov D.

doi:10.2478/amb-2022-0017

Acta Medica Bulgarica (Jun 2022)

Two-Year Mortality Following a Severe COPD Exacerbation in Bulgarian Patients

Mekov E.,
Petkov R.,
Tsakova A.,
Genova M.,
Kostadinov D.

Affiliations

Mekov E.: Department of Occupational Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria
Petkov R.: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria
Tsakova A.: Central Clinical Laboratory, University Hospital Alexandrovska, Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria
Genova M.: Central Clinical Laboratory, University Hospital Alexandrovska, Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria
Kostadinov D.: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2022-0017
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 49, no. 2
pp. 33 – 38

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Two-year mortality in patients with COPD is expected to be between 10% and 49% depending on the investigated subgroup and specific patients’ characteristics.

Published in Acta Medica Bulgarica

ISSN: 0324-1750 (Print); 2719-5384 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/AMB

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