Factors associated with hospital admission in patients reaching the emergency department with COPD exacerbation

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  García Sanz, Maria Teresa ^a   Pol Balado, Carlos ^a   Abellás, Concepción ^a   Cánive Gómez, Juan Carlos ^b   Antón Sanmartin, Diana ^b   González Barcala, Francisco J ^b  

^a Salnés County Hospital   (Spain)

^b Hospital Complex of Pontevedra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Admission; COPD; Emergency department; Exacerbation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGENATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84866253446     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-7-6     Document Type: Article

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