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For people with mild COPD, the prognosis is favorable. More severe cases of COPD suggest a worse prognosis. Of those people who are admitted to the ICU with an acute exacerbation, the death rate is 24%. This rate doubles for people aged 65 years or older. The predictors of death due to COPD are as follows:

• Aging
• Continued smoking
• Accelerated decline in FEV₁
• Moderate-to-severe airflow obstruction
• Poor bronchodilator response
• Severe hypoxemia
• Presence of hypercapnia (increased arterial carbon dioxide tension)
• Development of cor pulmonale (right-sided heart failure)
• Overall poor functional capacity

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