COPD - comorbidities and their impact on the need of medical care

Conclusion: Comorbidities do have impact on healthcare use by COPD patients, being related to higher numbers of ED visits and hospitalizations. However, when focusing on healthcare use due to respiratory conditions alone, they appear to play a less decisive role.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Almeida, P., Cravo, M., Costa, M. I., Xavier Pires, S., Oliveira, T., Vieira Silva, S., Leuschner, P. Tags: Monitoring airway disease Source Type: research