Steroids for acute COPD - but for how long?

dc.contributor.author	Asher, Gary N.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Mounsey, Anne L.	eng
dc.contributor.other	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.date.issued	2014	eng
dc.description	"Steroids for acute COPD--but for how long? Not only was a shorter course of glucocorticoid therapy as effective as a 14-day regimen, but there was no difference in the time to next exacerbation."	eng
dc.description.abstract	Prescribe a 5-day regimen of glucocorticoid therapy for acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations; the shorter course of treatment appears to be as effective as a 14-day regimen.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10355/41368
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Priority Updates to Research Literature (PURLs) (2014)	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, 63, no. 01 (January 2014): 29-32.	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.other	Glucocorticoid treatment	eng
dc.subject.other	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	eng
dc.subject.other	Steroids	eng
dc.title	Steroids for acute COPD - but for how long?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

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