Clinical Practice Guidelines for Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. This concept includes simple chronic bronchitis, asthmatic bronchitis, chronic obstructive bronchitis, and pulmonary emphysema; although this two last are the most commonly included. Risk factors, classification and treat...

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Published in:MediSur Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 27 - 31
Main Authors: Niurka Mercedes Galende Hernández, Diosdania Alfonso Falcón, Carlos Alberto Martell Alonso, Alexis Díaz Mesa, Inti Santana Carballosa
Format: Journal Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 01-03-2009
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Summary:Clinical Practice Guidelines for Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. This concept includes simple chronic bronchitis, asthmatic bronchitis, chronic obstructive bronchitis, and pulmonary emphysema; although this two last are the most commonly included. Risk factors, classification and treatment are commented, stressing the strategy of mechanical ventilation and the indications for mechanical invasive and no invasive ventilation. It includes assessment guidelines focused on the most important aspects to be accomplished.
ISSN:1727-897X