Background: exacerbations of COPD affect a significant number of patients. Severe exacerbations are linked to worse outcome.
Aim of work: To identify predictors of adverse outcomes in patients who were admitted to the hospital for exacerbation of COPD.
Patients and methods: The present study was conducted on 120 patients with COPD at Chest diseases Departments and ICUs of Al Azhar University Hospitals in the period from March 2019 to March 2021.
Results: patients need mechanical ventilation had ischemic heart disease with hypertension p = 0.034, old ischemic stroke with hypertension p= 0.001, old hemorrhagic stroke with hypertension p = 0.001, exposure to air pollution p = 0.037,exposure to pneumonia p = 0.038, increase previous exacerbations (p = 0.001), admission on exacerbation (p = 0.001) and intubation last 5 years (p < /p>