Current initiatives in the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The NICE guidelines and the recent evidence base

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 419-421

  Yohannes, Abebaw Mengistu ^a   Connolly, Martin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 4043155594     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh137     Document Type: Article

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