A Multicentre Observational Study with 90-days Follow-up Period to Evaluate Clinical Practice Variability as well as Clinical and Organisational Factors Related to Outcomes for COPD Hospital Admissions in PortugalEvaluateCOPDpt
Trial overview
Follow-up
Timeframe: 90 days after hospital discharge
Baseline
Timeframe: At hospital discharge
- 1. Male and female, aged ≥ 30 years;
- 2. Patient admitted to hospital for a stay of at least 12 hours due to an acute exacerbation of COPD (as diagnosed by a senior clinician and confirmed at discharge by the clinician lead on the basis of the patient notes);
- 1. Admission diagnosis that is not an exacerbation of COPD (e.g. diagnosis of pneumonia, heart failure and pulmonary embolus) even when the patient has previous COPD diagnosis;
- 2. A patient admitted as a clinical case of COPD exacerbation that is later judged to have another primary diagnostic reason for admission, e.g. the subsequent diagnosis is changed from COPD to heart failure;
- Respiratory infection without consolidation;
- Respiratory insufficiency;
- Bronchitis;
- Bronchoconstriction; AND Diagnosis of COPD; 3. Documented FEV1/FVC ratio of <0.7 in the absence of any other obstructive disease such as asthma or bronchiectasis. 4. Written informed consent for study participation.
1. Male and female, aged ≥ 30 years; 2. Patient admitted to hospital for a stay of at least 12 hours due to an acute exacerbation of COPD (as diagnosed by a senior clinician and confirmed at discharge by the clinician lead on the basis of the patient notes); OR Patient admitted to hospital for a stay of at least 12 hours with a respiratory cause of admission as referred by the discharge report and a history compatible with COPD. This includes one of the following:
- 1. Admission diagnosis that is not an exacerbation of COPD (e.g. diagnosis of pneumonia, heart failure and pulmonary embolus) even when the patient has previous COPD diagnosis; 2. A patient admitted as a clinical case of COPD exacerbation that is later judged to have another primary diagnostic reason for admission, e.g. the subsequent diagnosis is changed from COPD to heart failure; 3. Any other primary cause of deterioration and hospital admission; 4. Extra-pulmonary diseases as the primary diagnosis for admission that may produce similar symptoms; 5. Participation in a clinical trial or other investigational study with intervention within 30 days before the initiation of the study.
Trial location(s)
This study does not involve prospective enrollment of participants.
Study documents
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Results overview
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