The Effect of diabetes mellitus on the outcome of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbated due to respiratory infections

Respiration

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 170-173

  Loukides, S ^a   Polyzogopoulos, D ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Athens Chest Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Diabetes mellitus; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029985589     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196539     Document Type: Article

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