Is there a uniform approach to the management of diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD) in the UK? A national benchmarking exercise

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Macedo, Patricia ^a   Coker, Robina K ^a   Partridge, Martyn R ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DIFFUSE PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; SARCOIDOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; CONSULTANTS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48149107940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-7-3     Document Type: Article

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