Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Patients With COPD With Pneumonia

Study on the Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Patients With COPD Combined With Pneumonia

To identify the clinical characteristics of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) combined with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and the factors influencing clinical transition.

To identify the clinical characteristics of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) combined with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and the factors influencing clinical transition.Compared to other chronic airway diseases, COPD patients can often have CAP in combination, but there is a lack of comparative studies between COPD patients with CAP and non-COPD patients with CAP.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. CAP meets the diagnostic criteria published in 2016 Chinese CAP diagnosis and treatment guidelines; CPOPD and AECOPD meet the diagnostic criteria published in Chinese 2013 COPD diagnosis and treatment guidelines;
2. Age ≧ 40years.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. age <40years;
2. pregnancy;
3. positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies;
4. suspected or confirmed tuberculosis or fungal infection of the lung.