Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity and cardiovascular outcomes.

摘要: Objective: To identify predictors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) severity and assess the relation between COPD risk cardiovascular outcomes. Study design setting: A cohort patients with diagnosed treated was compiled from Saskatchewan Health longitudinal databases. We used multivariate mod- eling to hospitalization for as an indicator severity, we model characterize according quintiles severity. These levels were independent variables in models Results: Determinants included emphysema, recent nebulizer use, home oxygen services, corticosteroid fre- quent bronchodilator pneumonia prior exacerbation. The 20% highest 1.27 (CI: 1.07-1.50) times more likely have arrhythmia, 1.25 1.07- 1.46) ischemic heart disease, 1.38 1.11-1.71) angina, 2.28 1.95-2.66) con- gestive failure, 1.63 1.22-2.16) die causes than least severe patients. Conclusions: Patients COPD, defined by our model, had higher morbidity mortality less COPD.