Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as comorbidity in patients admitted to a university hospital: A cross-sectional study

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 274-280

  Nielsen, Helene Møller ^a   Rødsgaard, Pernille Andersen ^a   Weinreich, Ulla Møller ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; COPD; Hospitalisation; Length of stay; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENMARK; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84903821110     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/crj.12050     Document Type: Article

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