Management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The first 24 hours

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-67

  Greenstone, Michael ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controlled oxygen; Inhaled bronchodilators; Non invasive ventilation; Stratification

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA LACTAM; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MACROLIDE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; TERBUTALINE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACIDOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG FUNCTION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEBULIZER; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSE OXIMETRY; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; SOMNOLENCE; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX PAIN; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WHEEZING;

EID: 77149179764     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-1-65     Document Type: Short Survey

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