Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay in Patients with Exacerbations of COPD: A Cohort Study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 824-831

  Quintana, José M ^a,e   Unzurrunzaga, Anette ^a,e   Garcia Gutierrez, Susana ^a,e   Gonzalez, Nerea ^a,e   Lafuente, Iratxe ^a   Bare, Marisa ^b,e   de Larrea, Nerea Fernandez ^c,e   Rivas, Francisco ^d,e   Esteban, Cristóbal ^a,e  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^b Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

^c Depto Economia Salud Pharmacia U   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^e Red de Investigación en Servicios Sanitarios en Enfermedades Crónicas REDISSEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Admission; COPD exacerbations; Predictive factors; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEPTIC SHOCK; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929836032     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3129-x     Document Type: Article

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