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Variability of antibiotic prescribing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: a cohort study

BACKGROUND: The role of antibiotics in treating mild or moderate exacerbations in patients with acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is unclear. The aims were to: (i) describe patient characteristics associated with acute exacerbations amongst a representative COPD population, (ii) exp...

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Autores principales: Boggon, Rachael, Hubbard, Richard, Smeeth, Liam, Gulliford, Martin, Cassell, Jackie, Eaton, Susan, Pirmohamed, Munir, van Staa, Tjeerd-Pieter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23724907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-13-32