Written action plans in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease increase appropriate treatment for acute exacerbations

Respirology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 619-626

  Wood Baker, Richard ^a   McGlone, Shauna ^a   Venn, Alison ^b   Walters, E Haydn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive; Motor activity; Patient care planning; Pulmonary disease; Quality of life; Respiratory function test

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE;

EID: 33746900379     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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