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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients With Psychiatric Disorders Are at Greater Risk of Exacerbations
Psychosomatic Medicine, 07/01/09
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.
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