Comparison of Canadian versus United States Emergency Department Visits for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation
Author(s) -
Brian H Rowe,
Rita K. Cydulka,
ChuLin Tsai,
Sunday Clark,
Douglas Sinclair,
Carlos A. Camargo
Publication year - 2008
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 - 10.1155/2008/696482
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , pulmonary disease , exacerbation , emergency medicine , copd , intensive care medicine , acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , medical emergency , psychiatry
Despite the frequency of emergency department (ED) visits for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, little is known about practice variation in EDs.
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