An outreach programme for patients with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 137-140

  Murphy, N M ^b   Byrne, C C ^b   O'Neill, S J ^b   McElvaney, N G ^b   Costello, Richard W ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; SAFETY; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0042207070     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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