TJ Wilt, D Niewoehner, R MacDonald, RL … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common and
disabling condition in adults. Information about therapeutic effectiveness and
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P Enrighta - Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 2008 - thepcrj.org Summary Spirometry programs (outside of primary care settings) designed to
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CL Tsai, JA Sobrino, JCA Camargo - Academic emergency medicine: official journal of the …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Abstract Objectives: Little is known about recent trends in US emergency
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MR Sears - Chest, 2008 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org T he introduction of long-acting -adrenergic bron- chodilators into the
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P Ernst, S Suissa - Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2008 - Springer This article reviews the association between pneumonia and chronic obstructive
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G Averame, M Bonavia, P Ferri, AM Moretti, V … - Respiratory Medicine, 2009 - Elsevier In the Italian “Alliance” study, 638 general practitioners (GPs) were
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P Treatment - US Pharm, 2009 - uspharmacist.com Pharmacologic treatment of tobacco use and dependence is recommended when
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