Audit of acute admissions of COPD: Standards of care and management in the hospital setting

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 343-349

  Roberts, C M ^a   Ryland, I ^a   Lowe, D ^a   Kelly, Y ^a   Bucknall, C E ^a   Pearson, M G ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Management guidlines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; METHYLXANTHINE; OXYGEN; STEROID;

ACIDOSIS; AGED; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEBULIZATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PULMONOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SMOKING; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034961210     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.01.17303430     Document Type: Article

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