COPD exacerbations: Who is safe to be managed at home

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 187-188

  Hernandez C ^a   Roca, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE;

CAREGIVERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 38049062519     PISSN: 14799723     EISSN: 14799731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479972307083708     Document Type: Editorial

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