Positive Airway Pressure Therapies and Hospitalization in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitalization of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease creates a huge healthcare burden. Positive airway pressure therapy is sometimes used in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but the possible impact on hospitalization risk remains controversial. We studied the hospitalization risk of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease before and after initiation of various positive airway pressure therapies in a "real-world" bioinformatics study.

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis of administrative claims data of hospitalizations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who received or did not receive positive airway pressure therapy: continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel positive airway pressure

SUBMITTER: Vasquez MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5474150 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature