Development and validation of a model to predict the risk of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Bertens, Loes C M; Reitsma, Johannes B; Moons, Karel G M; van Mourik, Yvonne; Lammers, Jan Willem J; Broekhuizen, Berna D L; Hoes, Arno W; Rutten, Frans H

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Development and validation of a model to predict the risk of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Author(s): Loes C M Bertens, Johannes B Reitsma, Karel G M Moons, Yvonne van Mourik, Jan Willem J Lammers, Berna D L Broekhuizen, Arno W Hoes, Frans H Rutten

Publication date: 2013

Journal: International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Publisher: Informa UK Ltd.

Keywords: vascular disease, exacerbation of COPD, risk prediction, external validation

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Abstract

Prediction models for exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are scarce. Our aim was to develop and validate a new model to predict exacerbations in patients with COPD.