Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: An update on diagnosis and management issues in older adults

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 813-831

  Nazir, Shoab A ^a   Erbland, Marcia L ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARFORMOTEROL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; FENOTEROL; FORMOTEROL; INDACATEROL; INFLUENZA VACCINE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEVALBUTEROL; MACROLIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORCIPRENALINE; OZONE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IV INHIBITOR; PIRBUTEROL; PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TERBUTALINE; THEOPHYLLINE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANXIETY; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CATARACT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLAUCOMA; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNIZATION; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL HEALTH; METERED DOSE INHALER; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOPATHY; NAUSEA; NEBULIZER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; POWDER INHALER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKING CESSATION; TACHYCARDIA; TERMINAL CARE; THRUSH; TREMOR; URINE RETENTION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VITAL CAPACITY; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349319702     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11316760-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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