OBJECTIVE: Exacerbations of COPD requiring hospital admission have important clinical
and societal implications. We sought to investigate the incidence, recurrence, risk factors,
and mortality of patients with COPD exacerbations requiring hospital admission compared
with those without hospital admission during 3-year follow-up. Patients with COPD (N=
2,138) were identified from the Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive
Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) observational cohort. METHODS: An analysis of time to first …