The influence of anemia on one-year exacerbation rate of patients with COPD-PH
Abstract Background Anemia is prevalent not only in COPD but also in pulmonary hypertension. We postulated that anemia may have certain prognostic value in COPD concomitant with PH due to COPD (COPD-PH). Methods We performed a 12-month prospective investigation to follow up COPD patients with or wit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Pulmonary Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0693-6 |