Differences in care between general medicine and respiratory specialists in the management of patients hospitalized for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 197-203

  Wijayaratne, Kurugamage ^a   Wilson, Jessica ^a   Sivakumaran, Pathmanathan ^a,b   Sriram, Krishna B ^a,b  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; disease exacerbation; guideline; hospitalization; specialization

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; OXYGEN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPECIALIZATION; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84885600739     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.118499     Document Type: Article

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