Dyspnea is a better predictor of 5-year survival than airway obstruction in patients with COPD

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1434-1440

  Nishimura, Koichi ^a   Izumi, Takateru ^b   Tsukino, Mitsuhiro ^b   Oga, Toru ^a  

^a KYOTO KATSURA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Categorization; COPD; Dyspnea; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0036252278     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.5.1434     Document Type: Article

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