Mortality Rates of Rehospitalized Patients with COPD in the Last Three Years

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the mortality rates of patients with COPD who were rehospitalized in the last 3 years. Methods: The demographic characteristics of the patients who were hospitalized at the Yedikule Chest Diseases in 2016,2017 and 2018 evaluated. Patients that wer...

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Published in:Turkish Thoracic Journal 2019-08, Vol.20 (1), p.114-114
Main Authors: Gunaydin, Fatma Esra, Gunluoglu, Gulsah, Altin, Sedat, Kalkan, Nurdan, Simsek, Nurdan, Pamir, Pelin
Format: Article
Language:eng ; tur
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Age
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Hospitalization
Mortality
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Summary:Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the mortality rates of patients with COPD who were rehospitalized in the last 3 years. Methods: The demographic characteristics of the patients who were hospitalized at the Yedikule Chest Diseases in 2016,2017 and 2018 evaluated. Patients that were hospitalized for at least two consecutive years demographic characteristics, mortality rates and their correlations in the district where they lived were evaluated. Results: In this study, 160 (1.3%) of12148 patients admitted to our hospital with COPD diagnosis in the last 3 years were treated for 3 consecutive years. 124 (77.5%)of 160 patients were male and mean age was 63.12+7.59, 36 (22.5%) were female and mean age was 61.49+8.19 (p
ISSN:2149-2530
2149-2530
2979-9139
DOI:10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2019.114