Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học 'Respiratory Research cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: " Health-related quality of life and long-term prognosis in chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: a prospective survival analysis. | Respiratory Research BioMed Central Research Open Access Health-related quality of life and long-term prognosis in chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure a prospective survival analysis Stephan Budweiser 11 Andre P Hitzh1 Rudolf A Jorres2 Kathrin Schmidbauer1 Frank Heinemann1 and Michael Pfeifer1 3 Address 1Center for Pneumology Donaustauf Hospital Donaustauf Germany 2Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational and Environmental Medicine Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Germany and 3Department of Internal Medicine II Division of Respirology University of Regensburg Regensburg Germany Email Stephan Budweiser - Andre P Hitzl - crissithedog@ Rudolf A Jorres - Kathrin Schmidbauer - Frank Heinemann - Michael Pfeifer - Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 17 December 2007 Received 10 October 2007 Respiratory Research 2007 8 92 doi 1465-9921 -8-92 Accepted 17 December 2007 This article is available from http content 8 1 92 2007 Budweiser et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Health-related quality of life HRQL is considered as an important outcome parameter in patients with chronic diseases. This study aimed to assess the role of disease-specific HRQL for long-term survival in patients of different diagnoses with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure CHRF . Methods In a cohort of 23 1 stable patients chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD n 98 non-COPD obesity-hypoventilation syndrome restrictive disorders neuromuscular .
