Poor adherence to guidelines for long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) in two Italian university hospitals

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 319-324

  Verduri, Alessia ^a   Ballerin, Licia ^b   Simoni, Marzia ^b   Cellini, Marcello ^c   Vagnoni, Emidia ^d   Roversi, Pietro ^a   Papi, Alberto ^d   Clini, Enrico ^a   Fabbri, Leonardo M ^a   Potena, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchitis; COPD; Emphysema; Mortality; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897025803     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-012-0898-2     Document Type: Article

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