Managing and discharging COPD patients hospitalized because of an exacerbation of respiratory symptoms: An opportunity to improve outcomes

Affiliations

• ¹ Cátedra Salud Respiratoria, University of Barcelona, Spain; Respiratory Institute, Clinic Barcelona, Spain; FCRB-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Pulmonary and Critical Care, Mass General Brigham Hospital, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, USA.
• ³ Section of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Marburg, Germany; German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany.