When are antibiotics indicated for acute COPD exacerbations?

dc.contributor.author	Balser, Emily	eng
dc.contributor.author	Neher, Jon O.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Safranek, Sarah	eng
dc.date.issued	2006	eng
dc.description.abstract	Antibiotics (including those given orally) reduce mortality and treatment failures for hospitalized patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, based on systematic reviews). Antibiotics may be prescribed in the outpatient setting for those with severe exacerbations (SOR: C, based on expert opinion).	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3583	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2006 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 55, no. 12 (December 2006): 1079-1080	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	hospitalization	eng
dc.subject	treatment failure	eng
dc.subject	mortality	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Antibiotics	eng
dc.title	When are antibiotics indicated for acute COPD exacerbations?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2006
The items in this collection constitute volume 55 of Clinical Inquiries.