Antimicrobials in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - An Analysis of the Time to Next Exacerbation Before and After Implementation of Standing Orders

Rob D Goddard; Shelly A McNeil; Kathryn L Slayter; R Andrew McIvor

doi:10.1155/2003/392617

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 2003)

Antimicrobials in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - An Analysis of the Time to Next Exacerbation Before and After Implementation of Standing Orders

Rob D Goddard,
Shelly A McNeil,
Kathryn L Slayter,
R Andrew McIvor

Affiliations

Rob D Goddard: Department of Pharmacy, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Shelly A McNeil: Department of Infectious Diseases, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Kathryn L Slayter: Department of Pharmacy, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
R Andrew McIvor: Department of Respirology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/392617
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 5
pp. 254 – 259

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To compare the mean time to next exacerbation in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) before and after the implementation of standing orders.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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