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

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

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.Aim: To prospectively evaluate the ability of severe dyspnea (NYHAIII-...

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Main Authors: Elise Dupuis-Lozeron, Paola M. Soccal, Jean-Paul Janssens, Thomas Similowski, Dan Adler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
COPD
dyspnea
ICU
readmission
death
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2018.00163/full

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