Managing patients with COPD exacerbation: Does age matter?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-468

  Stone, Robert A ^a,b   Lowe, Derek ^a   Potter, Jonathan M ^a   Buckingham, Rhona J ^a   Roberts, C Michael ^a,c   Pursey, Nancy J ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age decile; Clinician reported data; COPD; National Audit; Patient reported data

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864000592     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs039     Document Type: Article

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