Gender differences in emergency department patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1173-1179

  Cydulka, Rita K ^a,b   Rowe, Brian H ^c   Clark, Sunday ^d   Emerman, Charles L ^a   Rimm, Alfred R ^b   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^d  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Emergency; Exacerbation; Gender

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AGED; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27944454872     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.06.025     Document Type: Article

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