Recommendations for the management of COPD

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 23S-28S

  Ferguson, Gary T ^a,b  

^a Botsford Pulmonary Associates   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Evidence based medicine; Management guidelines

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; OXYGEN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RESPIRATORY STIMULANT AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; METERED DOSE INHALER; MUCUS SECRETION; NEBULIZER; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0033995210     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.2_suppl.23S     Document Type: Article

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