Use of a care bundle in the emergency department for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A feasibility study

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 605-611

  McCarthy, Cormac ^a   Brennan, John R ^a   Brown, Lindsay ^a   Donaghy, Deirdre ^a   Jones, Patricia ^a   Whelan, Rory ^a   McCormack, Niamh ^b   Callanan, Ian ^a   Ryan, John ^a   McDonnell, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bundle; Checklist; COPD; Exacerbations; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS PARAMETERS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CARE BUNDLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRACTION OF INSPIRED OXYGEN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; PATIENT CARE; RISK REDUCTION; STAFF TRAINING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

BUNDLE; CHECKLIST; COPD; EXACERBATIONS; STEROIDS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHECKLIST; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84888612535     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S52883     Document Type: Article

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