Clinical audit indicators of outcome following admission to hospital with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-141

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

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^d HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036163739     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.2.137     Document Type: Article

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