Add to ORKGBackground: Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with an accelerated decline in lung func-tion and a significant decrease in health status. Maintenance therapy with respiratory medications can reduce the risk of such exacerbations. Objective: To determine whether respiratory maintenance medications were being prescribed in accordance with the 2007 COPD guidelines of the Canadian Thoracic Society for patients admitted to hospital for acute exacerbation of COPD. Methods: A chart review was conducted for admissions to the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, in Sherbrooke, Quebec, for acute exacerbation of COPD (according to diagnostic codes in th
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major respiratory illness in Canada that is both p...
Aim: Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a main cause of disability, hospital a...
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a prevalent respiratory condition with perman...
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BACKGROUND: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity...
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the second leading cause of hospitaliz...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major respiratory illness in Canada that is preven...
ABSTRACTBackground: Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated...
Article first published online: 23 SEP 2013BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) i...
licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Reproduction is permitted for personal, noncommercial use, provided that th...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common cause of disability and death in Canada. Mo...
INTRODUCTION: No recent Canadian studies with physician- and spirometry-confirmed diagnosis of chron...
COPD is an increasing health problem and one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldw...
In the United States, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects more than 5 % of the adul...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common cause of disability and death in Canada. Mo...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major respiratory illness in Canada that is both p...
Aim: Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a main cause of disability, hospital a...
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a prevalent respiratory condition with perman...
Copyright © The Author(s). 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons...
BACKGROUND: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity...
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the second leading cause of hospitaliz...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major respiratory illness in Canada that is preven...
ABSTRACTBackground: Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated...
Article first published online: 23 SEP 2013BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) i...
licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Reproduction is permitted for personal, noncommercial use, provided that th...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common cause of disability and death in Canada. Mo...
INTRODUCTION: No recent Canadian studies with physician- and spirometry-confirmed diagnosis of chron...
COPD is an increasing health problem and one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldw...
In the United States, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects more than 5 % of the adul...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common cause of disability and death in Canada. Mo...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major respiratory illness in Canada that is both p...
Aim: Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a main cause of disability, hospital a...
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a prevalent respiratory condition with perman...