Disease severity at the first hospitalization as a predictor for mechanical ventilation dependency in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 234, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 263-269

  Liao, Kuang Ming ^a,b   Lin, Wei Chieh ^c   Lin, Tzu Chieh ^b   Li, Chung Yi ^c,d   Yang, Yea Huei Kao ^b  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Hospitalization; Incidence; National Health Insurance Research Database; Prolonged mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 84919327800     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.234.263     Document Type: Article

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