Care of patients with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A cluster randomised controlled trial

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 197, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 394-398

  Zwar, Nicholas A ^a   Hermiz, Oshana ^a   Comino, Elizabeth ^a   Middleton, Sandy ^b   Vagholkar, Sanjyot ^a   Xuan, Wei ^c   Wilson, Stephen F ^d   Marks, Guy B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPIROGRAPHY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; ST. GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING;

FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84871915175     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10813     Document Type: Article

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