Factors predicting a hospital stay of over 3 days in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 251, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 500-507

  De La Iglesia, F ^a   Valino P ^a   Pita, S ^a   Ramos, V ^a   Pellicer, C ^a   Nicolas R ^a   Diz Lois, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Length of stay; Logistic regression; Short Stay Medical Unit

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR PULMONALE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY HEART DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 0036104529     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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