Hospital-at-home care for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: An observational cohort study of patients managed in hospital or by nurse practitioners in the community

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-74

  Ansari, K ^a   Shamssain, M ^a   Farrow, M ^b   Keaney, N P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Exacerbations; Health related quality of life; Hospital at home

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAHLER BASELINE DYSPNEA INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; ST GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65149094942     PISSN: 14799723     EISSN: 14799731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479972309102728     Document Type: Article

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