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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Main Authors: Balázs Csoma, András Bikov, Ferenc Tóth, György Losonczy, Veronika Müller, Zsófia Lázár
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2021-02-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/1/00543-2020.full