Early warning scores and chronic respiratory disease

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 395-396

  Smith, Gary B ^a   Prytherch, David R ^b,c   Schmidt, Paul E ^b,c   Featherstone, Peter I ^b,c   Meredith, Paul ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; LETTER; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 84865508649     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-4-395     Document Type: Letter

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