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ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2024

Respiratory Infection Triggering Severe Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Georges Abi Abdallah, Sylvain Diop, Matthieu Jamme, Stéphane Legriel, Alexis Ferré

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Article in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Georges Abi AbdallahIntensive Care Unit, Versailles Hospital, Le Chesnay, France.
Sylvain DiopCardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Le Plessis Robinson, France.
Matthieu JammeService de Réanimation Polyvalente, Hôpital Privé de l'Ouest Parisien, Ramsay-Générale de Santé, Trappes, France.
Stéphane LegrielIntensive Care Unit, Versailles Hospital, Le Chesnay, France.
Alexis FerréIntensive Care Unit, Versailles Hospital, Le Chesnay, France.
Centre Hospitalier de Versailles · FRGénérale de Santé · FRHôpital Marie Lannelongue · FRInserm · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Data are scarce on respiratory infections during severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study aimed to investigate respiratory infection patterns in the intensive care unit (ICU) and identify variables associated with infection type and patient outcome. Methods: A retrospective, single-centre cohort study. All patients admitted (2015-2021) to our ICU for severe acute exacerbation of COPD were included. Logistic multivariable regression analysis was performed to predict factors associated with infection and assess the association between infection and outcome. Results: We included 473 patients: 288 (60.9%) had respiratory infection and 139 (29.4%) required invasive mechanical ventilation. Eighty-nine (30.9%) had viral, 81 (28.1%) bacterial, 34 (11.8%) mixed, and 84 (29.2%) undocumented infections. Forty-seven (9.9%) patients died in the ICU and 67 (14.2%) in hospital. Factors associated with respiratory infection were temperature (odds ratio [+1°C]=1.43, Conclusions: Respiratory infections, 39.9% of which were bacterial, were the main cause of severe acute exacerbation of COPD. Body temperature and blood neutrophils were single markers of infection. Pneumonia was associated with the need for invasive mechanical ventilation but not with hospital mortality, as opposed to age, immunodeficiency, and altered performance status.

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PneumoniaPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRespiratory Tract InfectionsCohort StudiesHumansLactic AcidMaleRetrospective StudiesLactic AcidCOPDinfectionmechanical ventilationmortalitypneumonia

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PMID38440747
PMCPMC10909653
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