Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in challenging environments : a study of risk factors in India and advanced disease management in the United Kingdom

Background: Globally, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) constitutes a significant healthcare burden. In the developed world setting of a large urban hospital, this thesis defines which bedside variables recorded at baseline best predicts outcome from N on Invasive Ventilation (NIV) in the...

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Main Author: Chakrabarti, Biswajit
Published: University of Liverpool 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631714