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2592176

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
Fifty patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who survived their first artificial ventilation were followed for 15 years. Five-year survival was 30%, median survival 23.5 months, and average survival 44.9 months. Sudden death occurred in 47% of the patients (40% at home and 7% in the hospital). Using multivariate analysis, survival correlated positively and significantly with partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO2) on discharge (P less than 0.02), presence of wheezes or rhonchi (P less than 0.02), absence of right heart failure on admission (P less than 0.02), and male sex (P less than 0.05), and negatively with age (P less than 0.03). Sixty percent of the patients were artificially ventilated at least twice. Prognosis was better as the number of ventilations increased after the first ventilation. Our finding that discharge PaO2 was the factor that correlated best with survival suggests that treatment for these patients consist of continuous long-term use of domiciliary oxygen.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-2180
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
617-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term survival of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease following mechanical ventilation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chest Diseases, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article