Phenotyping acute exacerbation of COPD: what more can we do for hospitalised patients?

Lai-Jian Cen; Xiao-Xian Zhang; Wei-Jie Guan

doi:10.1183/23120541.00362-2021

Phenotyping acute exacerbation of COPD: what more can we do for hospitalised patients?

ERJ Open Res. 2021 Aug 2;7(3):00362-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00362-2021. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

Lai-Jian Cen^{1

2}, Xiao-Xian Zhang^{1

2}, Wei-Jie Guan¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
² These authors contributed equally.

Abstract

Hospitalised #AECOPD are characterised by multiple facets of aetiology. The clinical interpretation of the composite phenotypes of AECOPD and the robustness of the AECOPD phenotype need to be discussed further. https://bit.ly/3grzQEO.

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