Prevalence and predictors of polypharmacy and comorbidities among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional retrospective study in a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia
Polypharmacy is common among patients with COPD. Patients with high BMI, previous ICU hospitalization and older age are more likely to have polypharmacy. Future analytical studies are warranted to investigate outcomes in patients with COPD and polypharmacy.
Authors
- Waleed Hafiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9608-6248)
- Abdulelah Mastour Aldhahir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4270-9494)
- Alaa A. Alsharif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6620-3132)
- Safaa Alsanosi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6453-754X)
- Deema Sami Ashoor
- Omaima Ibrahim Badr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4889-220X)
- Saeed M. Alghamdi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6677-1110)
- Jaber Saud Alqahtani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1795-5092)
- Hassan Alwafi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5627-1633)
- Nada A. Alsaleh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7743-0699)
- Mohammed A. Tashkandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1636-5122)
- Jamil Adnan Samkari
- Abdallah Y. Naser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8440-7446)
- Mohammad Saleh Dairi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7671-3267)
- Abdallah A Alqarni
- Abdullah Ashoor
Institutions
- Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (SA)
- Prince Sultan University (SA)
- Mansoura University (EG)
- King Abdulaziz University (SA)
- Umm al-Qura University (SA)
- Saad Specialist Hospital (SA)
- King Abdulaziz Medical City (SA)
- Ministry of Health (SA)
- King Abdulaziz Hospital (SA)
- Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences
- Jazan University (SA)
- Isra University (JO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-024-03274-5
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.68