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We prospectively studied the clinical presentation of 1,379 patients admitted with CAP during a 4-yr period. A comparative analysis of disease severity and course was performed between 212 patients with COPD, as confirmed by spirometry, and 1,167 non-COPD patients.
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Despite worse clinical presentation, COPD patients had a similar mortality rate compared to non-COPD patients. Previous antibiotic treatment and the decreased incidence of pulmonary complications in COPD may account for these findings.
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This page is a summary of: Severity and outcomes of hospitalised community-acquired pneumonia in COPD patients, European Respiratory Journal, September 2011, European Respiratory Society (ERS),
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00067111.
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