What is it about?
For patients with COPD-PH, when concomitant with anemia which is relatively frequent in this population, the prognosis is worse than that of patients with COPD-PH without anemia.
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Why is it important?
Clinicians should be highly vigilant to pay attention to anemia in patients with COPD-PH.
Perspectives
This publication may contrbute to the prognostic assessment of patients with COPD-PH.
Dr Wei Xiong
Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
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This page is a summary of: The influence of anemia on one-year exacerbation rate of patients with COPD-PH, BMC Pulmonary Medicine, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s12890-018-0693-6.
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