Prevalence of chronic renal failure in COPD patients

Background: COPD is a leading cause of death worldwide. It is associated with a large number of comorbidities. Methods: The current study included 300 COPD patients aged 65.28 ± 6.32 years, 148 of them (49.3%) were females and the rest were males and 300 control age and gender matched patients with...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim I. Elmahallawy, Mahmoud A Qora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-04-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:
CRF
GFR
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813000186