Duration of corticosteroid use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: improving prescribing practices on clinical teaching units with peer-to-peer teaching

INTRODUCTION: The most recent Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease consensus recommends a 5-day course of corticosteroid (CS) therapy for acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations (ACOPDE). As inappropriate use of CS therapy is associated with adverse events, we imp...

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Autores principales: Matte, Catherine, Hoang, Johnston, Jayaraman, Dev, Green, Laurence, Morin, Suzanne N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
Materias:
BMJ Quality Education report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6059259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30057960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000333

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6059259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30057960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000333

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