Background Acute exacerbations form a major component of the socioeconomic burden of
COPD. As yet, little information is available about the long-term outcome of patients who
have been hospitalized with acute exacerbations, although high mortality rates have been
reported. Study objective The aim of this study was to investigate prospectively the outcome
for all patients admitted to the hospital with acute exacerbations of COPD during hospital
admission and after 1-year of follow-up. Furthermore, patient characteristics related to …