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Causes of deaths in COPD patients in primary care setting - a 6-year follow-up.
CONCLUSIONS: Study performed six years after COPD diagnosis revealed that 23.5% of subjects died. The main causes of deaths were the following: cardiovascular diseases (mainly heart attack and stroke), COPD exacerbations and lung cancer (more than 75%). Death risk in COPD patients was associated with age, male sex, dyspnoea and severity of the disease.
PMID: 26050979 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska - June 10, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Pływaczewski R, Maciejewski J, Bednarek M, Zieliński J, Górecka D, Śliwiński P Tags: Pneumonol Alergol Pol Source Type: research
