Standards of care and clinical predictors in patients hospitalised for a COPD exacerbation - The Italian SOS (Stratification Observational Study)

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 153-160

  Lusuardi, Morco ^a   Blasi, F ^b   Terzano, C ^c   Cricelli, C ^d   Crispino, N ^e   Comarella, L ^f   De Benedetto, F ^g   Sanguinetti, C M ^h   Allegra, L ^b   Donner, C F ⁱ  

^a PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Italian Society of General Medicine SIMG   (Italy)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f Contract Research Organisation Statistics and Data Management ^*  (Italy)

^g Department of Pneumology   (Italy)

^h SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ Multidisciplinary and Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Exacerbation; Guidelines; Hospitalisation; Standards of care

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIROMETRY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 77649257578     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2009.347     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Seneff MG, Wagner DP, Wagner RP, Zimmerman JE, Knaus WA. Hospital and 1-year survival of patients admitted to intensive care units with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. JAMA 1995; 274: 1852-1857.
2. Connors AF, Dawson NV, Thomas C, et al. Outcomes following acute exacerbation of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 154: 959-967.
3. Garcia-Aymerich J, Barreiro E, Farrero E, Marrades RM, Morera J, Anto JM, and the EFRAM investigators. Patients hospitalized for COPD have a high prevalence of modifiable risk factors for exacerbation (EFRAM study). Eur Respir J 2000; 16: 1037-1042.
4. Garcia-Aymerich J, Monsò E, Marrades RM, Escarrabill J, Fèlez MA, Sunyer J, Antò JM, and the EFRAM Investigators. Risk Factors for Hospitalisation for a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation. EFRAM STUDY. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 164: 1002-1007.
5. Almagro P, Calbo E, Ochoa de Echaguen A, et al. Mortality after hospitalisation for COPD. Chest 2002; 121: 1441-1448.
6. Groenewegen KH, Schols AMWJ, Wouters EFM. Mortality and mortality-related factors after hospitalisation for acute exacerbation of COPD. Chest 2003; 124: 459-467.
7. Soler-Cataluña JJ, Martínez-García MA, Román Sánchez P, Salcedo E, Navarro M, Ochando R. Severe acute exacerbations and mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax 2005; 60: 925-931.
8. Gunen H, Hacievliyagil SS, Kosar F, et al. Factors affecting survival of hospitalised patients with COPD. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: 234-241.
9. Miravitlles M, Murio C, Guerriero T, Gisbert R, for the DAFNE Study Group. Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and COPD. Chest 2002; 121: 1449-1455.
10. Mannino DM. COPD: epidemiology, prevalence, morbidity, and mortality, and disease heterogeneity. Chest 2002; 121: 121S-126S.
11. Lucioni C, Donner CF, De Benedetto F, et al. I costi della broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva in Italia: la fase prospettica dello studio ICE. Pharmacoeconomics Italian Research Articles 2005; 7: 119-134.
12. Celli BR, Cote CG, Marin JM, Casanova C, et al. The body-mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity index in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J Med 2004; 350: 1005-1012.
13. Ong K-H, Earnest A, Lu S-J. A multidimensional grading system (BODE Index) as predictor of hospitalisation for COPD. Chest 2005; 128: 3810-3816.
14. Roberts CM, Barnes S, Lowe D, Pearson MG, on behalf of the Clinical Effectiveness Evaluation Unit, Royal College of Physicians and the Audit Subcommittee of the British Thoracic Society. Evidence of a link between mortality in acute COPD and hospital type and resources. Thorax 2003; 58: 947-949.
15. Price LC, Lowe D, Hosker H, Anstey K, Pearson M, Roberts CM. The UK National COPD Audit 2003: impact of hospital resources and organisation of care on patient outcome following admissions for acute COPD exacerbation. Thorax 2006; 61: 837-842.
16. Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2006. Available from: http://www.goldcopd.org.
17. Barr RG, Bourbeau J, Camargo CA, Ram FSF. Tiotropium for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis. Thorax 2006; 61: 854-862.
18. Casas A, Troosters T, Garcia-Aymerich J, Roca J, Hernandez C, Alonso A, del Pozo F, de Toledo P, Antò JM, Rodriguez-Roisin R, Decramer M and members of the CHRONIC project. Integrated care prevents Hospitalizations for exacerbations in COPD patients. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: 123-130.
19. Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL, McKenzie CR. A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation. J Chronic Dis 1987; 40: 373-383.
20. Roberts CM, Ryland I, Lowe D, Kelly Y, Bucknall CE, Pearson MG, on behalf of the audit sub-committee of the standards of care committee of the British Thoracic Society and the Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation unit at the Royal College of Physicians. Audit of acute admissions of COPD: standards of care and management in the hospital setting. Eur Respir J 2001; 17: 343-349.
21. Roberts CM, Lowe D, Bucknall CE, Ryland I, Kelly Y, Pearson MG, on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Audit sub-committee of the standards of care committee and the Royal College of Physicians of London. Clinical audit indicators of outcome following admission to hospital with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax 2002; 57: 137-141.
22. Price LC, Lowe D, Hosker HSR, Anstey K, Pearson MG, Roberts CM, on behalf of the British Thoracic Society and the Royal College of Physicians Clinical Effectiveness Evaluation Unit (CEEu). UK National COPD Audit 2003: impact of hospital resources and organisation of care on patient outcome following admission for acute COPD exacerbation. Thorax 2006; 61: 837-842.
23. Connolly MJ, Lowe D, Anstey K, Hosker HSR, Pearson MG, Roberts CM and on behalf of the British Thoracic Society and the Royal College of Physicians Clinical Effectiveness Evaluation Unit (CEEu). Admissions to hospital with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: effect of age related factors and service organisation. Thorax 2006; 61: 843-848.
24. Kornmann O, Beeh KM, Beier J, Geis UP, Ksoll M, Buhl R. Newly diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Clinical features and distribution of the novel stages of the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease. Respiration 2003; 70: 67-75.
25. Viegi G, Scognamiglio A, Baldacci S, Pistelli F, Carrozzi L. Epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Respiration 2001; 68: 4-19.
26. Anto JM, Vermeire P, Vestbo J, Sunyer J. Epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Eur Respir J 2001; 17: 982-994.
27. Hardie JA, Buist AS, Vollmer WM, Ellingsen I, Bakke PS, Mørkve O. Risk of over-diagnosis of COPD in asymptomatic elderly never-smokers. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: 1117-22.
28. Sethi S, File TM. Managing patients with recurrent acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: a common clinical problem. Curr Med Res Opin 2004; 20: 1511-1521.
29. Lode H, Allewelt M, Balk S, et al. A Prediction Model for Bacterial Etiology in Acute Exacerbations of COPD. Infection 2007; 35: 143-149.
30. Woodhead M, Blasi F, Ewig S, et al. Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: 1138-1180.
31. Patil SP, Krishnan JA, Lechtzin N, Diette GB. In-hospital mortality following acute exacerbations of COPD. Arch Intern Med 2003; 163: 1180-1186.
32. Garcia-Aymerich J, Farrero E, Felez MA, Izquierdo J, Marrades RM, Antó JM, Estudi del Factors de Risc d'Agudització de la MPOC investigators. Risk factors for readmision to hospital for a COPD exacerbation: a prospective study. Thorax 2003; 58: 100-105.