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Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Prevalence
Clinical features
Differential Diagnosis
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis
Differential diagnosis

Think about other common causes of dyspnoea leading to hospital admission: b  
  • asthma
  • heart failure
  • arrhythmias
  • infection 
Remember other causes of COPD exacerbations
  • pneumothorax d
  • ischaemic heart disease d
  • pulmonary embolism d

 

Expiry date: July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   N R   Anthonisen
CAT Writers   B   Phillips , CJ   Wotton , CM   Ball