Effect of comorbid diabetes on length of stay and risk of death in patients admitted with acute exacerbations of COPD

Respirology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 918-922

  Parappil, Ali ^a   Depczynski, Barbara ^b   Collett, Peter ^a   Marks, Guy B ^a,c  

^a Department of Respiratory Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

chronic disease; comorbidity; health outcome; hospital care

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954902945     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2010.01781.x     Document Type: Article

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