Prospective outcomes in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presenting to hospital: A generalisable clinical audit

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 925-933

  Soltani, A ^a   Reid, D ^a,b   Wills, K ^a   Walters, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation; Admission; COPD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASMANIA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL AUDIT; COMORBIDITY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TASMANIA;

EID: 84940518225     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12816     Document Type: Article

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