Comorbidities in elderly patients with asthma: Association with control of the disease and concomitant treatment

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 902-909

  Wardzyńska, Aleksandra ^a   Kubsik, Beata ^b   Kowalski, Marek Leszek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b Public Health Care Center   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Comorbidity; Drug polytherapy; Elderly; Exacerbation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL POLYPECTOMY; NOSE SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SPIROMETRY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84933521383     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12367     Document Type: Article

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