Factors predicting a short lenght of stay for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;Factores predictivos de un ingreso corto en pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica agudizada

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 124, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 648-650

  Villalta, Jaume ^a,b   Sequeira, Ethel ^b   Cereijo, Anna Clara ^b   Sisó, Antoni ^c   De La Sierra, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c CAP Les Corts   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Length of stay; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COR PULMONALE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION;

EID: 20844440518     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13074740     Document Type: Article

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