ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Dynamic Increase of Red Cell Distribution Width Predicts Increased Risk of 30-Day Readmission in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
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- Red cell distribution width related to the severity of the disease in patients with AECOPD.Biomarkers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and the Management of Cardiopulmonary Risk in the UK: A Systematic Literature Review and Modified Delphi Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Pooled it
- Predictors of Readmission, for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - A Systematic Review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Pooled it
- [Elevation of red blood cell distribution width to hematocrit ratio is associated with increased 28-day all-cause mortality in septic patients].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2026Article
- Red Cell Distribution Width Predicts Mortality in Critically Ill Patients with COPD and Atrial Fibrillation: A Retrospective Cohort Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Article
- Red cell distribution width and cerebral white matter hyperintensity.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Red Blood Cell Distribution Width/Hematocrit Ratio: A New Predictor of 28 Days All-Cause Mortality of AECOPD Patients in ICU.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2024Article
- Relation between red blood cell distribution width and 30-day in-hospital mortality of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Potential value of red blood cell distribution width in predicting in-hospital mortality in intensive care US population with acute pancreatitis: a propensity score matching analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- RNADisease v4.0: an updated resource of RNA-associated diseases, providing RNA-disease analysis, enrichment and prediction.Nucleic acids research · 2023Article
- The Emerging Clinical Significance of the Red Cell Distribution Width as a Biomarker in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Association Between Serum Sodium and Long-Term Mortality in Critically Ill Patients with Comorbid Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Analysis from the MIMIC-IV Database.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2022Article
- ΔRDW: A Novel Indicator with Predictive Value for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Diseases.International journal of general medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
purposeStudies have demonstrated that red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is closely associated with the prognosis of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In addition, the dynamic changes in RDW appear to play an important role. Thus, we aimed to investigate the relationship between dynamic changes in RDW and 30-day all-cause readmission of patients with acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD).
methodsIn this retrospective cohort study, we enrolled patients with AECOPD hospitalized in the Department of Respiratory Medicine in Liyuan Hospital (Wuhan China), a tertiary, university-affiliated, public hospital. Patients with AECOPD were divided into three groups based on their RDW values after the first and fourth days of admission. The normal range for RDW is 10-15%. Patients with normal RDW values were included in the normal group. Patients with an RDW value >15% on the first day, which subsequently decreased by >2% on the fourth day was included in the decreased group. The increased group was comprised of patients with an RDW value >15% on the first day which continued to increase, or those with a normal RDW value on the first day which increased >15% on the fourth day.
resultsA total of 239 patients (age: 72 years [range: 64-81 years]; male: n=199 [83.3%]) were included. There were 108, 72, and 59 patients in the RDW normal, decreased, and increased groups, respectively; the 30-day all-cause readmission rate was 9.3%, 9.7%, 27.1%, respectively; (p=0.003), being noticeably higher in the RDW increased group. Dynamic increase of RDW (OR:3.45, 95% CI: 1.39-8.58, p= 0.008) was independently correlated with 30-day all-cause readmission of patients with AECOPD.
conclusionThe dynamic increase of RDW is an independent prognostic factor of 30-day all-cause readmission of patients with AECOPD.
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