Three-year survival rates of pulmonary rehabilitation patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Year: 1984
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: A retrospective study analyzed medical and psychosocial factors associated with the three-year survival rates of clinically stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients enrolled in a pulmonary rehabilitation program. The 69 percent three-year survival rate was similar to rates reported in previous studies. Neither continued cigarette smoking nor psychological variables were significantly associated with patient longevity. Discriminant analysis revealed that the combination of arterial O(2) and CO(2) tensions or its simple approximation (PaO(2) - PaCO(2)) was the best predictor of patient survival at three years.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: D M Daughton, A James Fix, I Kass, K D Patil
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2397621841