Reply to Soo Hoo and Esquinas: Risk Trajectories of Readmission and Death in the First Year after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Don't Shortchange Noninvasive Ventilation

Peter K Lindenauer^{1

2}, Kumar Dharmarajan^{3

4

5}, Harlan M Krumholz^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ 1 University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate Springfield, Massachusetts.
² 2 University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, Massachusetts.
³ 3 Clover Health Jersey City, New Jersey.
⁴ 4 Yale School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut.
⁵ 5 Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut and.
⁶ 6 Yale University School of Public Health New Haven, Connecticut.

Comment

Peter K Lindenauer et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018.

. 2018 Jul 15;198(2):283-284.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201803-0426LE.

Peter K Lindenauer^{1

2}, Kumar Dharmarajan^{3

4

5}, Harlan M Krumholz^{4

5

6}

¹ 1 University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate Springfield, Massachusetts.
² 2 University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, Massachusetts.
³ 3 Clover Health Jersey City, New Jersey.
⁴ 4 Yale School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut.
⁵ 5 Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut and.
⁶ 6 Yale University School of Public Health New Haven, Connecticut.

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Risk Trajectories of Readmission and Death in the First Year after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Lindenauer PK, Dharmarajan K, Qin L, Lin Z, Gershon AS, Krumholz HM. Lindenauer PK, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Apr 15;197(8):1009-1017. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201709-1852OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018. PMID: 29206052 Free PMC article.
Risk Trajectories of Readmission and Death in the First Year after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Don't Shortchange Noninvasive Ventilation.
Soo Hoo GW, Esquinas AM. Soo Hoo GW, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Jul 15;198(2):282-283. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201802-0262LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018. PMID: 29566342 No abstract available.

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1. Lindenauer PK, Dharmarajan K, Qin L, Lin Z, Gersohn AS, Krumholz HM. Risk trajectories of readmission and death in the first year after hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018;197:1009–1017. - PMC - PubMed