15-year Mortality After Hospitalization for Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Zuyderland Medisch Centrum845 enrolled

Overview

The investigators examine the 15-year mortality after an admission for an exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD).

Several prognostic factors will be examined. Cause of death will be examined. Data will be recruited from medical records and calling general practitioners to find out if a patient is still alive. Statistical analysis will be done with Kaplan Meier, Cox proportional hazards and Chi square

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

845

Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation Copd Mortality

Interventions

no interventions. observational studyOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * admission with exacerbation of COPD Exclusion Criteria: * none

Locations (1)

Zuyderland Medical Center

Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Percentage of patients that died after 15 years

Mortality after 15 years

Time frame: 15 years

Secondary Outcomes

Prognostic factors for mortality

Age (years), Gender (M / F), Previous hospitalization in the past year (yes/no), Re-admission in the next 5 years (number of readmissions per year), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (in liter), Hypercapnia (carbon dioxide in arterial blood in stable condition above 5.9 kiloPascal (kPa) or not), TLCO (transfusion capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide in percentage of predicted, ml / min / kPa), Comorbidity (Charlson Comorbidity Index) Date and cause of death

Time frame: 15 years

Cause of death

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung carcinoma, cardiovascular, other

Time frame: 15 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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