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   <dc:title>Long-Term Risk of Mortality Associated with Isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in COPD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis</dc:title>
   <dc:creator>Barrecheguren Fernández, Miriam</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>García-Ortega, Alberto</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>Nuñez Dubon, Alexa Gabriela</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>Oscullo, Grace</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>Miravitlles Fernández, Marc</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>Rigau, David</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>Martinez-Garcia, Miguel Angel</dc:creator>
   <dc:contributor>Institut Català de la Salut</dc:contributor>
   <dc:contributor>[Martinez-García MA] Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain. CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. [Rigau D] Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain. [Barrecheguren M, Nuñez A, Miravitlles M] CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Servei de Pneumologia, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain. [García-Ortega A, Oscullo Yepez G] Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain</dc:contributor>
   <dc:contributor>Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus</dc:contributor>
   <dc:subject>Pseudomones aeruginosa</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Pulmons - Malalties obstructives - Prognosi</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>DISEASES::Respiratory Tract Diseases::Lung Diseases::Lung Diseases, Obstructive::Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>ENFERMEDADES::enfermedades respiratorias::enfermedades pulmonares::enfermedades pulmonares obstructivas::enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica</dc:subject>
   <dc:description>COPD; Bronchial infection; Mortality</dc:description>
   <dc:description>EPOC; Infección bronquial; Mortalidad</dc:description>
   <dc:description>MPOC; Infecció bronquial; Mortalitat</dc:description>
   <dc:description>Background: Chronic bronchial infection is frequent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the impact of the isolation of pathogenic bacteria, and in particular Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) in respiratory samples on the prognosis of COPD is unclear.&#xd;
Methods: We conducted a systematic review of prognostic studies including patients with isolation of PA in sputum in stable state or during exacerbations of COPD. The main outcomes were all-cause mortality, respiratory mortality, and number and severity of future exacerbations. Data were expressed as hazard ratio (HR) (95% confidence interval [CI]) whenever possible.&#xd;
Results: Of 2773 studies, eight were finally included (23,228 individuals). The mean age ranged from 65.5 to 73 years. Six studies reported data for all-cause mortality. The adjusted risk of death was almost double in patients with PA isolation (HR 1.95, 95% CI, 1.34 to 2.84; quality of evidence moderate). Patients with PA isolation showed a three times higher adjusted risk of readmission at 30 days after discharge (OR 3.60, 95% CI, 3.60 to 12.03, 1 study; quality of evidence very low), and more than double adjusted risk of death and hospitalization at two years (HR 2.80, 95% CI, 2.20 to 3.56, 1 study; quality of evidence very low).&#xd;
Conclusion: There is moderate certainty that the isolation of PA in sputum is associated with an adjusted increased risk of death in patients with COPD.</dc:description>
   <dc:description>This study has been funded by an unrestricted grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Spain.</dc:description>
   <dc:date>2022-07-20T07:32:06Z</dc:date>
   <dc:date>2022-07-20T07:32:06Z</dc:date>
   <dc:date>2022-02-16</dc:date>
   <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>
   <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion</dc:type>
   <dc:identifier>Martinez-García MA, Rigau D, Barrecheguren M, García-Ortega A, Nuñez A, Oscullo Yepez G, et al. Long-Term Risk of Mortality Associated with Isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in COPD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2022 Feb 16;17:371–82.</dc:identifier>
   <dc:identifier>1178-2005</dc:identifier>
   <dc:identifier>https://hdl.handle.net/11351/7852</dc:identifier>
   <dc:identifier>10.2147/COPD.S346294</dc:identifier>
   <dc:identifier>35210766</dc:identifier>
   <dc:identifier>000759894100003</dc:identifier>
   <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
   <dc:relation>International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease;17</dc:relation>
   <dc:relation>http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S346294</dc:relation>
   <dc:rights>Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International</dc:rights>
   <dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</dc:rights>
   <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
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   <dc:publisher>Dove Medical Press</dc:publisher>
   <dc:source>Scientia</dc:source>
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