Epidemiology of comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: clusters, phenotypes and outcomes

Epidemiology of comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: clusters, phenotypes and outcomes

COPD is a complex multisystem disease often accompanied by multiple co-morbidities that contribute to symptoms, exacerbations, hospital admissions and mortality. Individual comorbidities can be grouped into clusters of common human pathology: inflammation/immune response (e.g., ischemic heart diseas...

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Main Authors: Shambhu Aryala, Enrique Diaz-Guzmana, David M. Manninoa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-12-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
COPD
Comorbidities
Human pathology
Phenotypes
Outcomes
Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/32

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