COPD exacerbation phenotypes in a real-world five year hospitalisation cohort

COPD exacerbation phenotypes have been defined in research populations by predominantly infective or inflammatory aetiology. We sought to characterise this in patients admitted to our centre.Case-notes of consecutive patients discharged alive after treatment for acute COPD exacerbations between December 2012 and January 2017 were analysed. Data were collected on treatment, length of stay, C-reactive protein (CRP), eosinophil count and bacterial...