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Abstract Aintree Health Outcomes Partnership, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Patients with a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation are more likely …

Introduction and Objectives COPD is a major cause of mortality/morbidity in high smoking
prevalence Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). Our PCT expected COPD prevalence (3.7%) is …

Introduction: The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) have
published their 2017 report. In 2014 we published the classification according to GOLD …

There is increasing interest in managing patients with non-severe acute exacerbation of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) in the community. Hospital at Home and …

Despite publication of several management guidelines for COPD, relatively little is known
about standards of care in clinical practice. Data were collected on the management of 1400 …

Despite publication of several management guidelines for COPD, relatively little is known
about standards of care in clinical practice. Data were collected on the management of 1400 …

Objective: To elucidate oxygen administration practices in the setting of acute exacerbations
of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and compare these practices with those …

Introduction In exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ECOPD) requiring
hospitalisation greater access to respiratory specialists improves outcome, but is not …

1 determine whether oxygen was being prescribed on the medical and surgical wards
appropriately. A cross sectional audit of Methods: oxygen prescribing practice was …