Mortality and drug therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A network meta-analysis

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Scott, David A ^a   Woods, Bethan ^a,b   Thompson, Juliette C ^a   Clark, James F ^a   Hawkins, Neil ^a   Chambers, Mike ^c   Celli, Bartolome R ^d   Calverley, Peter ^e  

^a ICON PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COPD; COPD treatment; Meta analysis; Mortality; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BAMBUTEROL; BECLOMETASONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE FUROATE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; FORMOTEROL; INDACATEROL; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LONG ACTING DRUG; PLACEBO; ROFLUMILAST; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; THEOPHYLLINE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE; VILANTEROL TRIFENATATE; AMINOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BENZYL ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHLOROBENZENE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL XINAFOATE; FORMOTEROL FUMARATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INDAN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VILANTEROL;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; META ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

ALBUTEROL; AMINOPYRIDINES; BECLOMETHASONE; BENZAMIDES; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; CHLOROBENZENES; CYCLOPROPANES; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE, SALMETEROL XINAFOATE DRUG COMBINATION; FORMOTEROL FUMARATE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INDANS; IPRATROPIUM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUINOLONES; SURVIVAL RATE; THEOPHYLLINE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 84946737557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12890-015-0138-4     Document Type: Article

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