Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients With Psychiatric Disorders Are at Greater Risk of Exacerbations Lavoie KL et al. - Patients with psychiatric disorders are at greater risk of exacerbations treated in an outpatient setting but not those treated in an inpatient setting. These outpatient-managed exacerbations account for a significant proportion of the healthcare burden for COPD, so interventions should target patients with psychiatric disorders to improve management of COPD. [more...]
