Usefulness of a patient symptom diary card in the monitoring of exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 711-717

  Llor, C ^a,b   Moragas, A ^c   Miravitlles, M ^d  

^a Primary Care Centre Jaume I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c Family Physician Primary Care Centre Jaume I   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SYMPTOM DIARY CARD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84862752221     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2012.02930.x     Document Type: Article

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