How frequently are physiological variables recorded in the emergency room in patients with obstructive pulmonary diseases and pneumonia?

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-99

  Hægstad, Lars K ^a   Bjotveit, Torbjørn ^a   Johannessen, Ane ^b   Gulsvika, Amund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Hospital; Medical education; Pneumonia; Statistics

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 66549083475     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2008.00057     Document Type: Article

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