| Title |
Acute exacerbation of COPD: is it the "stroke of the lungs"?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.2147/copd.s106160 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Georgios Hillas, Fotis Perlikos, Nikolaos Tzanakis |
| Abstract |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the top five major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite worldwide health care efforts, costs, and medical research, COPD figures demonstrate a continuously increasing tendency in mortality. This is contrary to other top causes of death, such as neoplasm, accidents, and cardiovascular disease. A major factor affecting COPD-related mortality is the acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD). Exacerbations and comorbidities contribute to the overall severity in individual patients. Despite the underestimation by the physicians and the patients themselves, AECOPD is a really devastating event during the course of the disease, similar to acute myocardial infarction in patients suffering from coronary heart disease. In this review, we focus on the evidence that supports the claim that AECOPD is the "stroke of the lungs". AECOPD can be viewed as: a Semicolon or disease's full-stop period, Triggering a catastrophic cascade, usually a Relapsing and Overwhelming event, acting as a Killer, needing Emergent treatment. |
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| Canada | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 158 | 100% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 25 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 13% |
| Researcher | 16 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 21 | 13% |
| Unknown | 55 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 54 | 34% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 7 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Engineering | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 13 | 8% |
| Unknown | 62 | 39% |
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