A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE IN PULMONOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

A prospective observational study on acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in pulmonology department of tertiary care hospital

Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable disease that is characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is due to airway and/or alveolar abnormalities usually caused by significant exposure to noxious particles or gasses.An acute exacerbation of COPD refer

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Clarifying causality and information flows between time series: Particulate air pollution, temperature, and elderly mortality

Exposure-response associations between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and mortality have azalea mrs gg gerbing been extensively studied but potential confounding by daily minimum and maximum temperatures in the weeks preceding death has not been carefully investigated.This paper seeks to close that gap by using lagged partial dependence plots (PDP

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