Blood eosinophils on hospital admission for COPD exacerbation do not predict the recurrence of moderate and severe relapses
Background and objective The relationship between hospitalisation with an eosinophilic acute exacerbation of COPD (AE-COPD) and future relapses is unclear. We aimed to explore this association by following 152 patients for 12 months after hospital discharge or until their first moderate or severe fl...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2021-02-01
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Series: | ERJ Open Research |
Online Access: | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/1/00543-2020.full |