Is There Any Additional Effect of Tele-Assistance on Long-Term Care Programmes in Hypercapnic COPD Patients? A Retrospective Study

COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 576-582

  Vitacca, Michele ^a   Paneroni, Mara ^a   Grossetti, Francesco ^b   Ambrosino, Nicolino ^c  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b MOX Modeling and Scientific Computing   (Italy)

^c Auxilium Vitae   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic respiratory failure; COPD: exacerbations; COPD: survival; long term oxygen therapy; non invasive ventilation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LONG TERM OXYGEN THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY RATE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELECONSULTATION; THERAPY EFFECT; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MIDDLE AGED; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84961621689     PISSN: 15412555     EISSN: 15412563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2016.1147542     Document Type: Article

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