Hospital-admitted COPD patients treated at home using telemedicine technology in The Virtual Hospital Trial: Methods of a randomized effectiveness trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jakobsen, Anna Svarre ^a   Laursen, Lars C ^b   Østergaard, Birte ^c   Rydahl Hansen, Susan ^a   Phanareth, Klaus V ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation; COPD; Hospital admission; Readmissions; Telehealth; Telemedicine technology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; FENOTEROL; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OPEN STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIDEOCONFERENCING; VIRTUAL REALITY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TELEMETRY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84883698622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-280     Document Type: Article

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