Prognosis of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after hospitalization for acute ventilatory failure: a three-year follow-up study

MeSH terms

• Adult
• Aged
• Blood Gas Analysis
• Bronchitis / complications*
• Bronchitis / physiopathology*
• Electrocardiography
• Follow-Up Studies
• Heart Failure
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Mortality
• Prognosis
• Pulmonary Emphysema / complications*
• Pulmonary Emphysema / physiopathology*
• Pulmonary Heart Disease / complications
• Respiratory Function Tests
• Respiratory Insufficiency / complications*