Elevated Red Cell Distribution Width Predicts the Adverse Outcome of Patients Hospitalized with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Abstract:
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes
of morbidity and mortality in the world. Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (AECOPD) causes repeated hospitalization of patients. The readmission risk of these
patients should be assessed by any means specially any laboratory test that would show
consistent association. Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW) is an automatically
calculated measure of routine hemogram test which is very simple and inexpensive. Increased
RDW is associated with prognosis of many medical conditions, but still not well evaluated
for the prognosis of AECOPD.
Objectives: To evaluate the RDW level for prediction of prognosis in patients hospitalized
with AECOPD.