Managing comorbidities in COPD

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-109

  Hillas, Georgios ^a   Perlikos, Fotis ^a   Tsiligianni, Ioanna ^b,c   Tzanakis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Comorbid major diseases; Health care costs; Management; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IV INHIBITOR; THEOPHYLLINE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ANXIETY; ASTHMA; CACHEXIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MONOTHERAPY; MYOPATHY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXYGENATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SMOKING CESSATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COOPERATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; METABOLIC DISEASES; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; METABOLIC DISEASES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920894232     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S54473     Document Type: Review

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