High prevalence of undiagnosed and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at first hospital admission with acute exacerbation

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Bastin, A J ^a,b   Starling, L ^a   Ahmed, R ^a   Dinham, A ^a   Hill, N ^a   Stern, M ^a   Restrick, L J ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation COPD; COPD community diagnosis; COPD hospital admission; COPD management; Severe COPD; Undiagnosed COPD

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77952574379     PISSN: 14799723     EISSN: 14799731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479972310364587     Document Type: Article

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