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Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Ask about previous exacerbations b

Why?

Frequent exacerbations increase the risk of COPD exacerbations

Patient Prognostic Factor Outcome CER OR
(95% CI)		 NNF+
(95% CI)
COPD b frequent exacerbations in the past
independent 		3 or more exacerbations of COPD
at 12 months 		46%
(34% to 57%) 		1.43 11

 

Expiry date: July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   N R   Anthonisen
CAT Writers   B   Phillips , CJ   Wotton , CM   Ball