Hemoglobin levels above anemia thresholds are maximally predictive for long-term survival in COPD with chronic respiratory failure

Respiratory Care

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1204-1212

  Kollert, Florian ^a,c,d   Tippelt, Andrea ^a   Müller, Carolin ^a   Jörres, Rudolf A ^a,b   Porzelius, Christine ^a,c   Pfeifer, Michael ^a,d   Budweiser, Stephan ^a,e  

^a Donaustauf Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e RoMed Clinic Rosenheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chronic respiratory failure; COPD; Hemoglobin; Long term survival; Noninvasive ventilation; Polycythemia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAL CAPACITY;

ANEMIA; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; COPD; HEMOGLOBIN; LONG-TERM SURVIVAL; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; POLYCYTHEMIA;

AGED; ANEMIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84879407020     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01961     Document Type: Article

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