Population exacerbation incidence contains predictive information of acute exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in telecare

The present study has presented how the population exacerbation incidence contains predictive information in the continuous prediction of exacerbations in COPD patients. A system capable of predicting acute exacerbations could potentially prevent some cases of COPD-related complications and increase the health-related quality of life among COPD patients in telecare.