Spirometry for patients in hospital and one month after admission with an acute exacerbation of COPD

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 527-532

  Rea, Harry ^a   Kenealy, Timothy ^a   Adair, Jacqui ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth ^a   Sheridan, Nicolette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation of COPD; Classification of COPD; Cohort study; Primary care; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84865285347     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S24133     Document Type: Article

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