The SAFE (SGRQ score, air-flow limitation and exercise tolerance) Index: A new composite score for the stratification of severity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 981, 2007, Pages 492-497

  Azarisman, Mohd Shah ^a   Fauzi, Mohd Anshar ^b   Faizal, Mohd Perdaus Ahmad ^b   Azami, Zaharim ^b   Roslina, Abdul Manap ^b   Roslan, Harun ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATIFICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547149954     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.052399     Document Type: Article

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