Severe Dyspnea Is an Independent Predictor of Readmission or Death in COPD Patients Surviving Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in the ICU

Frontiers in Medicine

Elise Dupuis-Lozeron¹ 

关键词: COPD;    dyspnea;    ICU;    readmission;    death;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2018.00163

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background: Predicting outcome after index admission in the ICU for COPD-related acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) is difficult. Simple tools to stratify this risk and to promote interventions to mitigate it are needed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY