TABLE 2

Diagnoses (at discharge or death) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients hospitalised because of any cause or exacerbations of COPD (ECOPD)

Prevalence
Any cause
 Respiratory infection51.7
 Heart failure38.0
 Pneumonia19.0
 Anaemia17.9
 Atrial fibrillation17.1
 Obesity17.0
 Bronchial hyperreactivity15.5
 Urinary tract infection13.2
 Acute renal failure11.3
ECOPD
 Heart failure52.6
 Pneumonia26.0
 Chronic respiratory failure23.2
 Bronchial hyperreactivity21.8
 Obesity20.4
 Atrial fibrillation19.9
 Anaemia18.9
 Urinary tract infection14.1
 Respiratory acidosis13.3
 Acute renal failure13.0

Data are presented as %.