Clinical characteristics associated with adverse events in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A prospective cohort study

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Stiell, Ian G ^a   Clement, Catherine M ^d   Aaron, Shawn D ^b   Rowe, Brian H ^e   Perry, Jeffrey J ^a   Brison, Robert J ^f   Calder, Lisa A ^a   Lang, Eddy ^g   Borgundvaag, Bjug ^h   Forster, Alan J ^b   Wells, George A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LUNG CONGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897429583     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.130968     Document Type: Article

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