Survival and quality of life for patients with COPD or asthma admitted to intensive care in a UK multicentre cohort: The COPD and Asthma Outcome Study (CAOS)

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-132

  Wildman, M J ^a   Sanderson, C F B ^b   Groves, J ^c   Reeves, B C ^b   Ayres, J G ^d   Harrison, D ^e   Young, D ^f   Rowan, K ^e  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 60549105602     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.091249     Document Type: Article

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