Clinical characteristics, management in real world practice and long-term survival among COPD patients of northern Thailand COPD club members

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 653-662

  Pothirat, Chaicharn ^a   Phetsuk, Nittaya ^a   Deesomchok, Athavudh ^a   Theerakittikul, Theerakorn ^a   Bumroongkit, Chaiwat ^a   Liwsrisakun, Chalerm ^a   Inchai, Juthamas ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Dyspnea perception; Severity grading; Survival outcome; Treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; SURVIVAL; THAILAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; THAILAND;

EID: 34247345774     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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