TY - JOUR T1 - Comaprison of COPD readmission rates in patients with and without a history of illicit drug smoking JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 40 IS - Suppl 56 SP - P1063 AU - Andrew Singer AU - Janet Bonner AU - Nicola Garner AU - Tracy Monaghan AU - Hassan Burhan Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P1063.abstract N2 - Our 960 bed inner city hospital has 3 full time COPD nurses providing a 7-day a week service reviewing patients admitted with COPD exacerbations. They are employed with a view to reducing length of stay and preventing re-admissions. The team audit their work prospectively.Several patients have recurrent admissions with exacerbations of COPD. We analysed data from January 2009 to September 2011 and compared the number of admissions amongst those that have a history of smoking drugs and those that have never smoked drugs. We then further divided these drug smoking group into ex and active smokers and compared them.ResultsView this table:View this table:ConclusionThere is a significantly higher admission rate amongst those with a history of smoking drugs when compared to those patients that have never smoked drugs. Patients with a history of smoking drugs that continue to smoke tobacco have an admission rate that is 41% higher than those that have stopped smoking tobacco. COPD patients who have a history of drug use are significantly younger than those who do not. ER -