Managing patients with COPD exacerbation: does age matter?

Introduction: there is little information about the relationship between age and management of COPD exacerbation (AECOPD), although older persons are known to be at a greater risk of hospital admission.

Methods: we have investigated responses from the clinical and patient questionnaire elements of the 2008 UK COPD audit, splitting the data into age decile.

Results: age ranged from 27 to 102.