Haemoglobin level and its clinical impact in a cohort of patients with COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 923-929

  Cote, Claudia ^a   Zilberberg, M D ^b   Mody, S H ^b   Dordelly, L J ^a   Celli, B ^c  

^a Bay Pines VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b Ortho Biotech Products LP   (United States)

^c ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Dyspnoea; Functional outcomes; Haemoglobin; Mortality

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CODING; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL TIME; WALKING;

AGED; ANEMIA; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VETERANS;

EID: 34248149848     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00137106     Document Type: Article

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