ArticleLung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society
Prolonged stay predictors in patients admitted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease acute exacerbation.
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- High Pan-Immune Inflammation Values are Associated with Prolonged Length of Hospital Stay in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Factors affecting length of hospital stay in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in a tertiary hospital of Nepal: A retrospective cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- A Risk Prediction Model for Prolonged Length of Stay in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Retrospective Study of 225 Patients in a Single Center in Kunming, China.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe study aimed to identify the factors related to prolonged stay in those patients admitted with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) to our hospital.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective study by reviewing the medical records of all patients admitted with AECOPD to the University Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela in 2007 and 2008. To identify variables independently associated with length of stay, we conducted a logistic regression including those variables which proved to be significant in the univariate analysis.
resultsSix hundred and sixty-one patients were assessed; 76.6% were male and the mean age was 74.5 years (standard deviation [SD]: 11.48). The mean stay was 11.9 days (SD: 8) and 24% of all patients required prolonged stay. Factors associated with prolonged mean stay in multivariate analysis were admission to the Intensive Care Unit (odds ratio [OR], 14.7), hospitalization by internal medicine (OR, 2.1), and use of noninvasive mechanical ventilation (OR, 1.75).
conclusionsProlonged stay in AECOPD is primarily related to the unit patients are admitted to, and to the need for more intensive care.
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