Clinical characteristics associated with AECOPD alone, vs patients with AECOPD and other conditions
pleural effusion, blood eosinophilia, AECOPD, pulmonary edema, COPD
COPD, PULMONARY EDEMA, LOBAR PNEUMONIA, PLEURAL EFFUSION
Univariate analysis of all extracted variables revealed that female sex (OR 1.81; 95%CI 1.08 – 3.04) and spirometrically defined COPD (OR 1.92; 95%CI 1.13 – 3.29) were positively associated with having the diagnosis of AECOPD alone, while blood eosinophilia (OR 0.91; 95%CI 0.85 – 0.97), radiographic evidence of pleural effusion (OR 0.43; 95%CI 0.21 – 0.87), and lobar pneumonia on CXR (OR 0.13; 95%CI 0.07 – 0.25) were negatively associated with this outcome. In the multivariable analysis, radiographic evidence of pulmonary edema (OR 0.31; 95%CI 0.11 – 0.91) and lobar (OR 0.15; 95%CI 0.08 – 0.29) was negatively associated with the diagnosis of AECOPD alone (Table Association between clinical features and AECOPD alone