Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among rheumatoid arthritis: results from national inpatient database

• Egile Nagusiak: Rashmi Dhital (Egilea), Sijan Basnet (Egilea), Prakash Paudel (Egilea), Yam Prasad Acharya (Egilea), Dilli Ram Poudel (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is being increasingly recognized as an important contributor to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although smoking is a major risk factor, other factors may play a role. We used National Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2013 to explore this relationship. We used prop...