TY - JOUR T1 - The prevelance of respiratory infections in vaccined patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 38 IS - Suppl 55 SP - p3778 AU - Dimitra Sereti AU - Konstantina Sereti AU - Theodosios Theodosiou AU - Vasiliki Kyriakopoulou AU - Maria Petta AU - Maria Petta Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p3778.abstract N2 - Aim: To estimate the prevelance of respiratory infections in immunizationed patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Method: 476 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were followed up during the years 2007-2009. All patients were over sixty years old and vaccinated against influenza and pneumonaeu. The exacerbations, the hospitalization and the deaths were noted down.Results: During the year 2007, 157 patients (33%) wend under exacerbation, From those 16 (10%) required hospitalization and 2 deaths were recorded. In 2008, 114 (24%) appeared exacerbation, 4 (3,5%) of them required hospitalization. No death was recorded. During 2009, 124 patients (26%) of the total exacerdationed, 6 (4,5%) of them needed to hospitalize and 1 death was recorded. Totally the percentage of deaths reached only a 0.6%.Conclusions: The mortality in vaccinated against influenza and pneumonaeu patients seems to be negligible. However, the quality of life seems to be affected because of exacerbations and hospitalization which discomfort a significant percentage of COPD patients. ER -