Confirmatory spirometry for adults hospitalized with a diagnosis of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Prieto Centurion, Valentin ^a   Huang, Frank ^b   Naureckas, Edward T ^b   Camargo Jr, Carlos A ^c   Charbeneau, Jeffrey ^a   Joo, Min J ^a   Press, Valerie G ^b   Krishnan, Jerry A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Exacerbation; Hospitalization; Quality improvement; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84872185881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-12-73     Document Type: Article

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