TY - JOUR AU - Hartl, Sylvia AU - Lopez-Campos, Jose Luis AU - Pozo-Rodriguez, Francisco AU - Castro-Acosta, Ady AU - Studnicka, Michael AU - Kaiser, Bernhard AU - Roberts, C Michael PY - 2015 DO - 10.1183/13993003.01391-2014 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10460 T2 - The European respiratory journal AB - Studies report high in-hospital and post-discharge mortality of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations varying depending upon patient characteristics, hospital resources and treatment standards. This study aimed to investigate the... LA - en KW - Age Factors KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Blood Gas Analysis KW - Clinical Audit KW - Comorbidity KW - Disease Progression KW - Europe KW - Female KW - Health Resources KW - Hospital Mortality KW - Humans KW - Logistic Models KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Mortality KW - Noninvasive Ventilation KW - Patient Readmission KW - Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive KW - Risk Factors KW - Severity of Illness Index KW - Spirometry TI - Risk of death and readmission of hospital-admitted COPD exacerbations: European COPD Audit. TY - research article VL - 47 ER -