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Palliative care provision for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of disability, morbidity and mortality in old age. Patients with advanced stage COPD are most likely to be admitted three to four times per year with acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) which are costly to manage. The adverse events of A...

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Autor principal: Yohannes, Abebaw Mengistu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1852092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17407591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-5-17