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dc.contributor.author | Gauci, Jonathan | |
dc.contributor.author | Yamagata, Kentaro | |
dc.contributor.author | Bilocca, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Mifsud, Maria | |
dc.contributor.author | Montefort, Stephen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-30T07:39:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-30T07:39:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Malta Medical Journal. 2015, Vol.27(1), p. 33-39 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/4398 | |
dc.description.abstract | In 2012, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) revised their classification of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients, incorporating spirometry, symptoms and recent exacerbations. The sims and objectives was to assess if patients admitted with an exacerbation of COPD were properly staged prior to the admission, and whether their treatment on presentation was in accordance with GOLD recommendations. All patients admitted to Mater Dei Hospital, Malta with a COPD exacerbation during February, May and August 2013 were studied. Spirometry was considered relevant if performed within the previous two years. The mMRC score of each patient, the number of exacerbations over the previous 12 months, and patient co-morbidities were also recorded. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Malta Medical Journal | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Spirometry | en_GB |
dc.subject | Pulmonary disease, Chronic obstructive -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive -- Prevention -- International cooperation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease | en_GB |
dc.title | Current GOLD recommendations and its implementation within hospitalised COPD patients in Malta | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
Appears in Collections: | MMJ, Volume 27, Issue 1 MMJ, Volume 27, Issue 1 Scholarly Works - FacM&SMed |
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