Hemoglobin levels above anemia thresholds are maximally predictive for long-term survival in COPD with chronic respiratory failure.

Florian Kollert; Andrea Tippelt; Carolin Müller; Rudolf A Jörres; Christine Porzelius; Michael Pfeifer; Stephan Budweiser

doi:10.4187/respcare.01961

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Hemoglobin levels above anemia thresholds are maximally predictive for long-term survival in COPD with chronic respiratory failure.

Authors

Kollert, Florian
Tippelt, Andrea
Müller, Carolin
Jörres, Rudolf A
Porzelius, Christine
Pfeifer, Michael
Budweiser, Stephan

Type

Published Article

Journal

Respiratory care

Publication Date

Jul 01, 2013

Volume

58

Issue

7

Pages

1204–1212

Identifiers

DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01961

PMID: 23232736

Source

Medline

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Abstract

In subjects with COPD and chronic respiratory failure undergoing treatment with noninvasive ventilation and LTOT, high Hb levels are associated with better long-term survival. The optimal cutoff level for prediction was above the established threshold defining anemia. Thus, predicting survival only on the basis of anemia does not fully utilize the prognostic potential of Hb values in COPD.

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