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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD exacerbations: the impact of long versus short courses of oral corticosteroids on mortality and pneumonia: nationwide data on 67 000 patients with COPD followed for 12 months

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  • Pradeesh Sivapalan Department of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine Section, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Truls Sylvan Ingebrigtsen Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amager and Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Daniel Bech Rasmussen Respiratory Research Unit Zealand, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Naestved Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Naestved, DenmarkDepartment of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rikke Sørensen Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christian Madelaire Rasmussen Department of Cardiology, The Cardiovascular Research Center, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Camilla Bjørn Jensen Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Capital Region, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kristine Højgaard Allin Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Capital Region, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Josefin Eklöf Department of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine Section, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Niels Seersholm Department of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine Section, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Joergen Vestbo Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UKManchester University NHS Foundation Trust, North West Lung Centre, Manchester, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen Department of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine Section, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hellerup, DenmarkDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, PERSIMUNE, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Pradeesh Sivapalan; pradeesh.s{at}dadlnet.dk
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Sivapalan P, Ingebrigtsen TS, Rasmussen DB, et al
COPD exacerbations: the impact of long versus short courses of oral corticosteroids on mortality and pneumonia: nationwide data on 67 000 patients with COPD followed for 12 months
BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2019;6:e000407. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000407

Publication history

  • Received January 14, 2019
  • Revised March 4, 2019
  • Accepted March 5, 2019
  • First published March 30, 2019.
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March 30, 2019

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