Infection
Symposium
Differentiating COPD exacerbations from pneumonia in COPD patients
Clinical
Aims : To describe the clinical, biological (biomarkers), and physiological approaches that can be used to differentiate between OPD exacerbations from pneumonia in COPD patients.
10:45
How can I differentiate community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)+COPD patients from acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) patients?
A. Torres Marti(Barcelona, Spain)
COI
1
1955
11:15
How can I differentiate AECOPD from CAP+COPD patients?
J. Hurst(London, United Kingdom)
COI
2
1956
11:45
Are there new biomarkers that might help to differentiate AECOPD from CAP+COPD?
D. Stolz(Freiburg, Germany)
COI
3
1957
12:15
Should we change our antibiotic strategy in AECOPD or CAP+COPD patients?
S. Aliberti(Milano (MI), Italy)
COI
4
1958
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