title: Exacerbations in non-COPD patients: truth or myth--authors' response.
authors.affiliation: UBC James Hogg Research Center, University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Wan C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Respiratory, Montreal Chest Institute, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bourbeau
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aaron
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: J Mark
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0419-7862
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: FitzGerald
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cowie
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.affiliation: Division of Respirology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors.forename: Darcy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marciniuk
authors.affiliation: Centre de Pneumologie de l'hôpital Laval, Quebec City, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maltais
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buist
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.affiliation: UBC James Hogg Research Center, University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Don D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Sin
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: Clinical Epidemiology