Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease acute exacerbation: prognostic value of eosinophilia in terms of recurrence
Recurrence of COPD AE one month after ED visit was less frequent in patients with HEo+. BEC may predict systemic corticosteroid treatment failure or success. Identification of responders to corticotherapy can lead to less prescription of prednisone or equivalent and could be integrated into a therapeutic management algorithm.
Authors
- Héla Ben Turkia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3364-3067)
- Rym Hamed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2741-3628)
- Syrine Keskes
- Inès Chermiti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5995-375X)
- Camillia Jeddi
- Sami Souissi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6720-0096)
- Raja Fadhel
- Hanen Ghazali
Institutions
- Hôpital régional (CH)
- Compagnie Africaine des Peintures (TN)
- Tunis El Manar University (TN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- La Tunisie Médicale
- Published
- 2025-03-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.62438/tunismed.v103i4.5215
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00