Acute exacerbations of COPD: A "multipronged" approach

Journal of Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 217-225

  Sethi, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GATIFLOXACIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036227347     PISSN: 0194259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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