In-Hospital and One-Year Mortality and Their Predictors in Patients Hospitalized for First-Ever Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Simvastatin for the Prevention of Exacerbations in Moderate-to-Severe COPD

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Predictors for mortality in hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Statin Use and Risk of COPD Exacerbation Requiring Hospitalization

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Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Renin–angiotensin system blockade: a novel therapeutic approach in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Respiratory impairment and COPD hospitalisation in older persons: a competing risk analysis

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Long-term natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: severe exacerbations and mortality

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LPS-Stimulated Cytokine Production in Type I Cells Is Modulated by the Renin–Angiotensin System

(2011) Mandi H. Wong et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Risk of herpes zoster among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population-based study

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Local Renin-Angiotensin II Systems, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme and its Homologue ACE2: Their Potential Role in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Pulmonary Hypertension and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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Effect of   blockers in treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a retrospective cohort study

(2011) P. M. Short et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Susceptibility to Exacerbation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2010) John R. Hurst et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Predicting outcomes following hospitalization for acute exacerbations of COPD

(2010) J. Steer et al.   QJM-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

β blockers for asthma: a double-edged sword

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Effects of high-dose versus low-dose losartan on clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (HEAAL study): a randomised, double-blind trial

(2009) Marvin A Konstam et al.   LANCET

Potential benefits of statins on morbidity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a review of the evidence

(2009) R P Young et al.   POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL

Predicting mortality for patients with exacerbations of COPD and Asthma in the COPD and Asthma Outcome Study (CAOS)

(2009) M.J. Wildman et al.   QJM-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Predictors of outcomes in COPD exacerbation cases presenting to the emergency department

(2008) N. Roche et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Complex chronic comorbidities of COPD

(2008) L. M. Fabbri et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Predictors of 6-Month Mortality in Elderly Patients with Mild Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Discharged from a Medical Ward After Acute Nonacidotic Exacerbation

(2008) Piera Ranieri et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Use of   blockers and the risk of death in hospitalised patients with acute exacerbations of COPD

(2007) M T Dransfield et al.   THORAX