Hospital Care of Older Patients With COPD: Adherence to International Guidelines for Use of Inhaled Bronchodilators and Corticosteroids
We aimed to analyze the prevalence and impact of COPD in older patients hospitalized in internal medicine or geriatric wards, and to investigate adherence to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines, associated clinical factors, and outcomes.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - Category: Health Management Authors: Marco Proietti, Pasquale Agosti, Chiara Lonati, Salvatore Corrao, Francesco Perticone, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Alessandro Nobili, Sergio Harari, REPOSI Investigators Tags: Original Study Source Type: research
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