Factors associated with a prolonged length of stay after acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD)

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-105

  Wang, Ying ^a,b,c   Stavem, Knut ^a,b,c   Dahl, Fredrik A ^a   Humerfelt, Sjur ^d   Haugen, Torbjørn ^a,e  

^a Health Services Research Unit   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Clinic for Allergy and Airway Diseases   (Norway)

Author keywords

COPD; Exacerbation; Length of stay; Predicting model; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION;

COPD; EXACERBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; PREDICTING MODEL; PREDICTORS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892685134     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S51467     Document Type: Article

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