Seasonality, risk factors and burden of community-acquired pneumonia in COPD patients: A population database study using linked health care records

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 12, Issue , 2017, Pages 313-322

  Williams, Nicholas P ^a,b   Coombs, Ngaire A ^a   Johnson, Matthew J ^c   Josephs, Lynn K ^a,c   Rigge, Lucy A ^b,c   Staples, Karl J ^b   Thomas, Mike ^a,c   Wilkinson, Tom M A ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Comorbidity; COPD exacerbations; Exacerbation frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INCIDENCE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85010465521     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S121389     Document Type: Article

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