Causes of death in patients with COPD and chronic respiratory failure

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-47

  Zielinski, J ^a   MacNee, W ^b   Wedzicha, J ^c   Ambrosino, N ^d   Braghiroli, A ^e   Dolensky, J ^f   Howard, P ^g   Gorzelak, K ^a   Lahdensuo, A ^h   Strom, K ⁱ   Tobiasz, M ^a   Weitzenblum, E ^j  

^a NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

^e Centra Medico di Riabilitazione   (Italy)

^f FAKULTNÍ THOMAYEROVA NEMOCNICE   (Czech Republic)

^g ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h Pikonlinna Hospital   (Finland)

ⁱ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

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Author keywords

Cause of death; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Long term oxygen therapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; SLEEP; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 17544388009     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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