Home treatment of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by an acute respiratory assessment service

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9119, 1998, Pages 1853-1855

  Gravil, J H ^b   Al Rawas, O A ^c   Cotton, M M ^a   Flanigan, U ^a   Irwin, A ^a   Stevenson, R D ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032551168     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11048-0     Document Type: Article

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