Use of antibiotics in patients admitted to the hospital due to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Medicin og biovidenskab

• Anti-Bacterial Agents 73%
• Auscultation 33%
• Bacterial Infections 23%
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 100%
• Fever 9%
• Growth 6%
• Infections 11%
• Internal Medicine 12%
• Length of Stay 28%
• Leukocyte Count 24%
• Lung 13%
• Macrolides 14%
• Penicillins 12%
• Pneumonia 10%
• Signs and Symptoms 21%
• Sputum 12%
• Steroids 9%
• Temperature 17%
• Therapeutics 4%
• Thorax 17%
• X-Rays 19%