Characteristics, Management and In-Hospital Clinical Outcomes Among Inpatients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in China: Results from the Phase I Data of ACURE Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The study aimed to give a comprehensive overview of characteristics and evaluate in-hospital clinical outcomes among hospitalized acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) patients in China using data from the AECOPD inpatient registry (ACURE).

Patients and methods

The ACURE is an ongoing, national, multicenter, observational registry. Participants enrolled during phase I stage (1^st September 2017 to 25^th February 2020) of ACURE with confirmed AECOPD diagnoses were studied. Descriptive analyses were conducted to describe features and occurrences of in-hospital clinical outcomes of AECOPD inpatients in real-world China.

Results

A total of 5334 AECOPD inpatients from 163 sites in 28 provinces or province-level mun

SUBMITTER: Liang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7920502 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature