Our study demonstrated that frequent exacerbators have higher CAT scores than infrequent exacerbators during exacerbations, which is expected because the CAT scores in stable COPD patients with a history of frequent exacerbations are significantly higher than infrequent ones [ 13].
A characteristic feature of COPD is the presence of acute exacerbations, which are typically associated with increased inflammation.
Focal stemming area presents a well-shaped inter-ictal pain together with in situ exacerbations, which may be representative of a link between NH and EF.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) follows a slowly progressive natural course that can be accelerated by acute exacerbations, which frequently trigger admissions to hospital.
In addition to specific effects on fibrosis per se, modulation of macrophage phenotypes could potentially decrease the rate and severity of pulmonary infections and fatal exacerbations, which are thought to occur in IPF/UIP patients due to an impairment in innate immunity.
Patients with bronchiectasis suffer from recurrent acute exacerbations, which may require hospitalization [ 10, 11].
This was repeated for severe exacerbations, which were defined as COPD exacerbations requiring a hospital admission.
Patients with bronchiectasis suffer from recurrent acute exacerbations, which may require hospitalisation [ 7, 8].
