Course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease following first onset of respiratory failure

MeSH terms

• Adult
• Aged
• Bicarbonates / blood
• Carbon Dioxide / blood
• Chronic Disease
• Disability Evaluation
• Female
• Heart Failure / etiology
• Hematocrit
• Humans
• Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
• Lung Diseases, Obstructive / complications*
• Lung Diseases, Obstructive / diagnosis
• Lung Diseases, Obstructive / mortality
• Lung Diseases, Obstructive / physiopathology
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Oxygen / blood
• Prognosis
• Pulmonary Heart Disease / complications
• Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology*
• Vital Capacity