Gait speed and readmission following hospitalisation for acute exacerbations of COPD: A prospective study

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1131-1137

  Kon, Samantha S C ^a,b   Jones, Sarah E ^a   Schofield, Susie J ^c   Banya, Winston ^a   Dickson, Mandy J ^b   Canavan, Jane L ^a   Nolan, Claire M ^a   Haselden, Brigitte M ^b   Polkey, Michael I ^a   Cullinan, Paul ^c   Man, William D C ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING SPEED; WEAKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; GAIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84957839614     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207046     Document Type: Article

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