Respiratory home care: Take the pulmonary specialist out of the hospital!

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 93-95

  Garuti, G ^a   Lusuardi, M ^a  

^a PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 71249103019     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2009.353     Document Type: Editorial

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