Corticosteroid use before ICU admission and 90-day all-cause readmission risk in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an analysis of the MIMIC-IV database
Corticosteroid usage before ICU admission is significantly associated with a heightened risk of 90-day readmission in AECOPD patients, partially mediated by elevated blood glucose levels.
Authors
- Baihua Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6367-9119)
- Chunli Jiang
- Jianli Huang
- Shudong Yang
Institutions
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Thoracic Disease
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-2025-1154
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00