Bronchiectasis Rheumatoid Overlap Syndrome Is an Independent Risk Factor for Mortality in Patients with Bronchiectasis : A Multicenter Cohort Study
BACKGROUND: This study assessed if bronchiectasis (BR) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), when manifesting as an overlap syndrome (BROS), were associated with worse outcomes than other BR etiologies applying the Bronchiectasis Severity Index (BSI). METHODS: Data were collected from the BSI databases of 1,716 adult patients with BR across six centers: Edinburgh, United Kingdom (608 patients); Dundee, United Kingdom (n = 286); Leuven, Belgium (n = 253); Monza, Italy (n = 201); Galway, Ireland (n = 242); and Newcastle, United Kingdom (n = 126). Patients were categorized as having BROS (those with RA... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
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Elsevier
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Schlagwörter: | bronchiectasi / COPD / mortality / rheumatoid arthriti / Aged / Arthritis / Rheumatoid / Belgium / cohort studie / comorbidity / disease progression / female / hospitalization / human / Ireland / Italy / male / middle aged / pulmonary disease / chronic obstructive / risk factor / severity of illness index / syndrome / United Kingdom / pulmonary and respiratory medicine / critical care and intensive care medicine / cardiology and cardiovascular medicine / Settore MED/10 - Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26573381 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2434/545117 |