Background: To assist physicians with difficult decisions about hospital admission for
patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

Objectives To determine the patient factors associated with hospital admission among adults
who present to the emergency department (ED) with acute exacerbations of chronic …

BACKGROUND: There is limited information about factors associated with mortality of
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) admitted to hospital because of …

Objectives: The objective was to examine predictors of hospital admission among adults
presenting to Canadian emergency departments (EDs) for acute exacerbations of chronic …

BACKGROUND: The Ottawa chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Risk Scale
(OCRS), which consists of 10 criteria, was previously derived to identify patients in the …

Objective. To describe the mortality after emergency department (ED) visits for chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation. Design. Retrospective cohort study of …

OBJECTIVE: To identify factors predictive of hospital admission among patients attending an
emergency department (ED) with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Background and aim To determine predictors of short‐and long‐term outcomes in patients
with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)(AECOPD) …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations in emerg... : Current Opinion in
Pulmonary Medicine Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations in emergency …

Background: Patients admitted to hospital because of an exacerbation of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) are at high risk of adverse events. We evaluated the association …