- Abstract:
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Background: Recent studies have demonstrated an association between high blood eosinophil counts and greater risk of asthma exacerbations. We sought to determine whether patients hospitalized for an asthma exacerbation were at greater risk of readmission if they had a high blood eosinophil count documented before the first hospitalization. Methods: This historical cohort study drew on 2 years of medical record data (Clinical Practice Research Datalink with Hospital Episode Statistics linkage)...
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- Published
- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PloS One Journal website
- Volume:
- 13
- Issue:
- 7
- Publication date:
- 2018-07-25
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-07-08
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1932-6203
- Pubs id:
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pubs:891512
- URN:
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uri:b3e08716-907f-4453-a516-acd5b6c34eb7
- UUID:
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uuid:b3e08716-907f-4453-a516-acd5b6c34eb7
- Local pid:
- pubs:891512
- Language:
- English
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- Copyright holder:
- Kerkhof et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
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Copyright: © 2018 Kerkhof et al. This is an open
access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which
permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
reproduction in any medium, provided the original
author and source are credited.
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Association between blood eosinophil count and risk of readmission for patients with asthma: Historical cohort study
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AstraZeneca
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