Early discharge care with ongoing follow-up support may reduce hospital readmissions in COPD

BACKGROUND: Early discharge care and self-management education, although effective in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), do not typically reduce hospital re-admission rates for exacerbations of the disease. We hypothesized that a respiratory outreach programme that compr...

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Autores principales: Lawlor, Maria, Kealy, Sinead, Agnew, Michelle, Korn, Bettina, Quinn, Jennifer, Cassidy, Ciara, Silke, Bernard, O’Connell, Finbarr, O’Donnell, Rory
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19436695

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