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Observational studyBMC pulmonary medicine2023

The rate of ward to intensive care transfer and its predictors among hospitalized COPD patients, a retrospective study in a local tertiary center in Saudi Arabia.

Abdallah Y Naser, Mohammad Saleh Dairi, Hassan Alwafi, Deema Sami Ashoor, Sami Qadus, Abdulelah M Aldhahir, Abdullah A Alqarni, Wael Aly Elrefaey, Sultan Qanash, Waleed Hafiz and 5 more

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Observational study in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Societal and Economic Burden of COPD in Saudi Arabia.Global journal on quality and safety in healthcare · 2026
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  3. Prevalence and association of elevated total serum IgE levels with ICU admissions and poor asthma control: a retrospective study in a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 10 institutions in 4 countries.

Abdallah Y Naser *Department of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isra University, Amman, Jordan. abdallah.naser@iu.edu.jo.
Mohammad Saleh Dairi *Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia.
Hassan AlwafiPharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia. hhwafi@uqu.edu.sa.
Deema Sami AshoorPharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia.
Sami QadusDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of health sciences, American University of Madaba, Madaba, Jordan.
Abdulelah M AldhahirRespiratory Therapy Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah A AlqarniDepartment of Respiratory Therapy, Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Wael Aly ElrefaeyDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Al Noor Specialist Hospital, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Sultan QanashDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Waleed HafizPharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia.
Jaber S AlqahtaniDepartment of Respiratory Care, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Rakan EkramSchool of Public Health and Health Informatics, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Amjad AbuirmeilehFaculty of Pharmacy, Middle East University, Amman, Jordan.
Anan S JarabCollege of Pharmacy, AL Ain University, P.O. Box 112612, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Omaima Ibrahim BadrDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Al Noor Specialist Hospital, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Umm al-Qura University · SASaad Specialist Hospital · SAAmerican University of Madaba · JOIsra University · JOJazan University · SAJordan University of Science and Technology · JOKing Abdulaziz University · SAMiddle East University · JONational Guard Health Affairs · SAPrince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the prevalence of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and its predictors among hospitalized chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.

methodsAn observational retrospective study was conducted. All patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COPD according to the GOLD guidelines between 28 and 2020 and 1 March 2023 at Al-Noor Specialist Hospital were included in this study. Patients were excluded if a preemptive diagnosis of COPD was made clinically without spirometry evidence of fixed airflow limitation. Descriptive results were presented as frequency (percentage) for categorical variables and mean (SD) for continuous variables and to estimate prevalence of ICU admission. Predictors of ICU admission among hospitalized COPD patients were determined using logistic regression analysis. A SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 25 was used to perform all statistical analysis.

resultsA total of 705 patients with COPD were included in this study. The mean age was 65.4 (25.3) years. Around 12.4% of the hospitalized patients were admitted to the ICD. Logistic regression analysis identified that older age (OR; 1.92, (1.41-2.62)), smoking (OR; 1.60 (1.17-2.19)), and having specific comorbidities (Hypertension (OR; 1.98 (1.45-2.71)), Diabetes mellitus (OR; 1.42 (1.04-1.93)), GERD (OR; 2.81 (1.99-3.96)), Ischemic heart disease (OR; 3.22 (2.19-4.75)), Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OR; 2.14 (1.38-3.33)), stroke (OR; 4.51 (2.20-9.26))) were predictors of ICU admissions among patients with COPD.

conclusionsOur study found that a step-up approach to inpatient COPD management requires admission to the ICU in 12.4%, for which age, smoking status, cardiovascular, and stroke were important predictors. Further clinical research is needed to provide a validated model that can be incorporated into clinical practice to monitor this patient population during their admission and identify at-risk individuals for early transfer to higher acuity settings and intensive care units.

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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveStrokeAgedCritical CareHospitalsHumansIntensive Care UnitsRetrospective StudiesSaudi ArabiaAdmissionsCOPDHospitalICUSaudi Arabia

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PMID37993810
PMCPMC10666425
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