title: [What do patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease die from?].
authors.affiliation: Instytut Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zieliński
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D015897:Comorbidity; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000401:mortality; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000401:mortality; D011044:Poland; D015995:Prevalence; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000145:classification* / Q000401:mortality*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality; D012720:Severity of Illness Index