COPD exacerbations: management and hospital discharge

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a serious pulmonary condition. Many patients experience exacerbations and some require Emergency Room visits and hospitalization. In Portugal, hospitalizations due to COPD between 2009 and 2016 decreased by 8%, but they still represented 8049 hospitali...

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Main Author: Reis, A . J. (author)
Other Authors: Alves, C. (author), Furtado, S. (author), Ferreira, J. (author), Drummond, M. (author), Robalo-Cordeiro, C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
COPD
Exacerbation
Hospitalization
Management
Discharge
Aftercare
Disease Progression
Humans
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Severity of Illness Index
Patient Discharge
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/101862
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/101862

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http://hdl.handle.net/10316/101862

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