Recently, De Miguel Diez et al. [
[1]
] have published an interesting study concluding that the incidence of hospitalizations
for community acquired pneumonia (CAP) increased over time in patients with and without
COPD, being higher in the COPD population, and showing no differences in mortality
between COPD and non-COPD patients. There are a few ideas reflected in the results
and discussion of the study that we want to highlight.- de Miguel-Díez J.
- López-de-Andrés A.
- Hernández-Barrera V.
- Jiménez-Trujillo I.
- Méndez-Bailón M.
- de Miguel-Yanes J.M.
- et al.
Impact of COPD on outcomes in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia:
analysis of the Spanish national hospital discharge database (2004–2013).
Eur J Intern Med. 2017; 43: 69-76
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Publication history
Published online: December 27, 2017
Accepted:
December 22,
2017
Received:
December 20,
2017
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