Patients hospitalized with exacerbations have an overall mortality rate of 3% to 4%, and up to 24% of patients requiring care in the intensive care unit die (2). Since forced expiratory volume in 1 second correlates closely with life expectancy and exacerbation rate, early diagnosis (through ...
Point-of-care procalcitonin test to reduce antibiotic exposure in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbation of COPD This study was conducted to investigate whether point-of-care (POC) procalcitonin (PCT) measurement can reduce redundant antibiotic treatment in patients h... C Caspar,F Markus,FB ...
Nurses in acute care settings play a vital role in caring for individuals during an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. In addressing this health concern, the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseas...
First, the authors used a discharge diagnosis of acute exacerbation of COPD to define the patient population from a retrospective cohort. As these authors ... Suissa,S,Ernst,... - 《Jama》 被引量: 63发表: 2010年 Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Exacerbation of COPD: Prognostic Indicato...
1、Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Prof. Ashraf M. Hatem, MD, FCCP1Definition of Acute exacerbation:The definition of COPD exacerbation is an acute change in a patients baseline dyspnoea, cough and/or sputum beyond day-to-day variability sufficient to warrant a change ...
exacerbation of COPD with phlegm-heat obstructing lung, 90 patients with acute exacerbation ofCOPD are selected and divided into three groups, namely, control group, traditional medicine group, and combined group: thecontrol group (conventional western medicine treatment), traditional medicine group (...
Contemporary management of acute exacerbations of COPD: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Systemic corticosteroids, antibiotics, and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) are recommended for patients with acute exacerbation of COPD. H... Bradley S. Quon, MD,Wen Qi Gan, MD and Don D...
In light of questionable effectiveness and the potential for toxicity, the role of methylxanthines in the management of COPD has been critically evaluated over the past several years. Certain patients may show improvement from the use of corticosteroids and/or antibiotics during an acute exacerbation...
Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Treatment and Prevention 来自 掌桥科研 喜欢 0 阅读量: 17 作者:T Seemungal,JA Wedzicha 摘要: An acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is sustained worsening of dyspnoea and sputum production in patients with ...
We found that nine guidelines recommended systemic corticosteroids universally to all AECOPD patients, and the Spanish guideline reserved such treatment to all patients with an at least moderate exacerbation (without providing information about different severity grades). One guideline reserved such ...