Explicit criteria for hospital admission in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 680-686

  Garcia Gutierrez, S ^a   Quintana, Jose M ^a   Aguirre, U ^a   Esteban, C ^a   Bilbao, A ^b   Escobar, A ^c   Vidal, S ^d   Bare, M ^e   Aizpuru, F ^b   Blasco, J A ^f,j   Martinez Tapias J ^g   Briones, E ^d   Perea Milla, E ^h   Ramon Lacalle J ⁱ   Navarro, G ^e   Andradas, E ^j   Fernandez De Larrea N ^j   Ruiz, L A ^k   Gastaminza, A M ^k   Sanchez M ^l   Lobo, J L ^m   Larruskain, J I ^c   Tirapu, J M ^c   Beguiristain, J M ⁿ   Elizalde, B ⁿ   Garai, I ^o   Pulioo Herrero, E ^a   Gonzalez N ^a   Lafuente, I ^a   more..

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^e Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

^f Agencia Lain Entralgo   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^j Unidad de Evaluacion de Tecnologias Sanitarias   (Spain)

^k Hospital de San Eloy   (Spain)

^l Hospital Alto Deba   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

ⁿ Direccion Territorial de Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

^o Dirección Territorial de Bizkaia   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

Appropriateness; COPD; Hospital admission; Utilisation review

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DECISION TREE; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

DECISION TREES; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79954559621     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0408     Document Type: Article

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