Open AccessOutpatient Antibiotic Therapy and Short Term Mortality in Elderly Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Author(s) -
Don D. Sin,
Jack V. Tu
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2000/417298
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary disease , antibiotic therapy , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , disease , outpatient clinic , chronic disease , term (time) , pediatrics , emergency medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
To determine the association between outpatient use of oral antibiotics and 30-day all-cause mortality following hospitalization in a group of elderly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.
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