Systemic corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: An overview of Cochrane systematic reviews

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-377

  Wood Baker, Richard ^a   Walters, Julia ^a   Haydn Walters, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex hormones; Chronic obstructive; Pulmonary disease

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE;

ANXIETY; ARTERIAL GAS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCREASED APPETITE; INSOMNIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SPUTUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WALKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REVIEW LITERATURE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WALKING;

EID: 33846705016     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.07.013     Document Type: Review

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