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Lead
ThermoFisher Scientific Brahms Biomarkers France
With
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)are usual and frequent cause of admission in emergency room (ER). No validated clinical or biological predictor of evolution are available.
The main objective is to determine the prognosis value of Mr proADM in addition to the clinical risk stratification for AE COPD patients in ER.
Patients presenting with a AECOPD diagnosis in ER will have a blood sample collected and freezed at their admission. Mr proADM will be assessed at the end of the study. Clinicians in charge of patients will not have the result during the management of their patients. This study implies no change in the patients' management.
Data related to the patients'demographic,current exacerbation and basic COPD characteristics will be collected.
Age
40–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
patients \> 40 years old
Acute exacerbation of COPD
You may not be if
Medico social conditions not allowing home discharge
Other causes of Dyspnea: Pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary oedema, lung cancer
Pneumonia on chest ray
acute respiratory distress requiring immediate ICU transfer
