Acute exacerbations of COPD: It's the weekend but it can't wait until Monday

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1547-

  Van Den Borst, Bram ^a,b   Wesseling, Geertjan ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL;

FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84861907194     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00022612     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Barba R, Zapatero A, Losa JE, et al. The impact of weekends on outcome for acute exacerbations of COPD. Eur Respir J 2012; 39: 46-50.
2. Trappenburg JC, Monninkhof EM, Bourbeau J, et al. Effect of an action plan with ongoing support by a case manager on exacerbation-related outcome in patients with COPD: a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Thorax 2011; 66: 977-984.