Abdallah Y Naser, Mohammad Saleh Dairi, Hassan Alwafi, Deema Sami Ashoor, Sami Qadus, Abdulelah M Aldhahir, Abdullah A Alqarni, Wael Aly Elrefaey, Sultan Qanash, Waleed Hafiz, Jaber S Alqahtani, Rakan Ekram, Amjad Abuirmeileh, Anan S Jarab, Omaima Ibrahim Badr
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and its predictors among hospitalized chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. METHODS: An observational retrospective study was conducted. All patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COPD according to the GOLD guidelines between 28 and 2020 and 1 March 2023 at Al-Noor Specialist Hospital were included in this study. Patients were excluded if a preemptive diagnosis of COPD was made clinically without spirometry evidence of fixed airflow limitation...
November 22, 2023: BMC Pulmonary Medicine