<p>COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; PaO<sub>2</sub>/FIO<sub>2</sub> = pressure of arterial oxygen/fraction inspired oxygen; aPTT = Activated partial thromboplastin time; INR = International normalized ratio; Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE)-II score; SOFA = Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment; CCCK = caspase-cleaved citokeratin; TNF = tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha; data are presented as number (percentage) or median (interquartile range).</p><p>Patients’demographic and clinical characteristics.</p
<p>Data are shown as mean ± SD.</p><p>Definition of abbreviations: COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmona...
Values are presented as median [IQR, n] or % (n/N) or mean ± SD (n). Abbreviations: BMI, body mass i...
<p>1. A <b>Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)</b> diagnosis is defined as having Internati...
<p>Values are means (SD) for continuous variables, absolute numbers (percentages) for dichotomous va...
<p><i>Definition of abbreviations</i>: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; % predicted, per...
<p>COPD, chronic pulmonary obstructive disease; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) was cla...
<p>Patients were classified according to GOLD (<a href="http://www-goldcopd.com" target="_blank">htt...
<p>BMI, body mass index. FEV<sub>1</sub>%, forced expiratory volume in one second (% predicted).</p>...
<p>FEV<sub>1</sub> = Forced expiratory volume at 1 sec; FVC = Function vital capacity; SD = Standard...
<p>Data are expressed as median and minimum and maximum quartiles (in parentheses) $ p<0.05 COPD pat...
Values are presented as % (n/N). Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FIO2, i...
<p>Abbreviation: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.</p><p>Data were either number (%) or m...
<p>Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) or</p>*<p>median (25<sup>th</sup>–75<sup>th</sup>...
<p>Data are presented as numbers (%), mean ± SD or median (25th to 75th percentile). COPD = chronic ...
<p><i>Notes:</i> n = number of subjects, SD = standard deviation, GEMU = Geriatric Evaluation and Ma...
<p>Data are shown as mean ± SD.</p><p>Definition of abbreviations: COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmona...
Values are presented as median [IQR, n] or % (n/N) or mean ± SD (n). Abbreviations: BMI, body mass i...
<p>1. A <b>Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)</b> diagnosis is defined as having Internati...
<p>Values are means (SD) for continuous variables, absolute numbers (percentages) for dichotomous va...
<p><i>Definition of abbreviations</i>: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; % predicted, per...
<p>COPD, chronic pulmonary obstructive disease; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) was cla...
<p>Patients were classified according to GOLD (<a href="http://www-goldcopd.com" target="_blank">htt...
<p>BMI, body mass index. FEV<sub>1</sub>%, forced expiratory volume in one second (% predicted).</p>...
<p>FEV<sub>1</sub> = Forced expiratory volume at 1 sec; FVC = Function vital capacity; SD = Standard...
<p>Data are expressed as median and minimum and maximum quartiles (in parentheses) $ p<0.05 COPD pat...
Values are presented as % (n/N). Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FIO2, i...
<p>Abbreviation: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.</p><p>Data were either number (%) or m...
<p>Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) or</p>*<p>median (25<sup>th</sup>–75<sup>th</sup>...
<p>Data are presented as numbers (%), mean ± SD or median (25th to 75th percentile). COPD = chronic ...
<p><i>Notes:</i> n = number of subjects, SD = standard deviation, GEMU = Geriatric Evaluation and Ma...
<p>Data are shown as mean ± SD.</p><p>Definition of abbreviations: COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmona...
Values are presented as median [IQR, n] or % (n/N) or mean ± SD (n). Abbreviations: BMI, body mass i...
<p>1. A <b>Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)</b> diagnosis is defined as having Internati...