10 percent of COPD patients die within 3 months of being in hospital

An audit has found that over 10% of people with COPD die within 3 months of being admitted to hospital for the disease. COPD is the 5th highest cause of death in England and Wales and represents 10% of all acute hospital admissions. The disease causes breathing difficulties and disabilities due to blocked airways and damaged lungs. The audit found that the presence of respiratory consultants in the hospital reduced the risk of death from COPD. The British Lung Foundation claims that 900,000 people in the UK have diagnosed COPD and another 1.5 million are undiagnosed.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by DeHavilland

Related Disease Topics:

• COPD
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Disability

Related Symptom Topics:

• Breathing difficulty
• Blocked airway
• Lung damage

Article Source Details

About: 10 percent of COPD patients die within 3 months of being in hospital

Date: 9 February 2005

Source: DeHavilland

URL: http://www.dehavilland.co.uk/webhost.asp?wci=default&wcp=NationalNewsStoryPage&ItemID=13006892&ServiceID=8&filterid=10&searchid=8

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Statistics
• Death from breathing difficulty
• Death from COPD
• Death from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Cause of disability
• Cause of breathing difficulty
• Death from blocked airway
• Death from lung damage
• Undiagnosed and COPD
• Undiagnosed and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Undiagnosed and disability
• Undiagnosed and breathing difficulty
• Undiagnosed and blocked airway
• Undiagnosed and lung damage
• Cause of death

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