Prepared by:
Duke University Evidence-based Practice Center
Center for Clinical Health Policy Research
Douglas C. McCrory, M.D., M.H.Sc.
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Brown, M.D.
Rebecca N. Gray, D.Phil.
Ruth E. Goslin, M.A.T.
Jane T. Kolimaga, M.A.
Neil R. MacIntyre, M.D.
Eugene Z. Oddone, M.D., M.H.Sc.
David B. Matchar, M.D.
Investigators
File Name Description Software Version File Size __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01title.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 28KB 4 pages Contents: Front Cover, Title Page __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02front.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 49KB 6 pages Contents: Preface, Structured Abstract, Table of Contents __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03summ.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 91KB 8 pages Contents: Summary __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04chap1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 83KB 7 pages Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Purpose and Scope of Report; Incidence/Prevalence; Natural History of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Table 1. Clinical staging of COPD - ATS 1995 guidelines; Burden of Illness; Disease Biology; Pertinent Clinical Features; Table 2. Clinical staging of COPD - European Respiratory Society, 1995; Table 3. Clinical staging of COPD - British Thoracic Society; Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation; Target Populations; Practice Settings __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05chap2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 215KB 12 pages Contents: Chapter 2. Methodology: Evidence Report Questions and Evidence Model; Literature Search and Review Parameters; Figure 1. Evidence model for management of acute exacerbations of COPD; Screening/Quality Rating Criteria and Selection Process; Table 4. Interrater agreement in citation screening; Table 5. Literature selection process by topic; Table 6. Literature identification by source database __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 06chap3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 1.3MB 42 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Clinical Assessment; Table 7. Outpatient studies of predictors; Table 8. Inpatient studies of predictors; Selected Treatment Strategies; Table 9. Characteristics of RCTs of antibiotics in acute exacerbations of COPD; Table 10. Dosage comparison of corticosteroid trials; Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation; Figure 2. Noninvasive positive pressure masks; Figure 3. Monitoring of NPPV-treated patients; Table 11. Studies of characteristics and adverse effects of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 07chap4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 55KB 7 pages Contents: Chapter 4. Conclusions: Clinical Assessment; Prognosis; Outpatient Studies; Inpatient Studies; Antibiotics; Bronchodilating Drugs; Corticosteroids; Mucous Clearance Strategies - Drugs and Physiotherapy; Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation; Limitations of the Current Literature; Summary __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 08chap5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 28KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 5. Future Research __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 09refs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 64KB 10 pages Contents: References __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10etbl1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 102KB 13 pages Contents: Evidence Table 1. Differential diagnosis and initial assessment of severity __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11etbl2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 155KB 26 pages Contents: Evidence Table 2. Prognosis __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12etbl3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 120KB 17 pages Contents: Evidence Table 3. Antibiotics __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13etbl4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 142KB 22 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4. Bronchodilators __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14etbl5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 78KB 11 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5. Corticosteroids __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15etbl6.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 56KB 8 pages Contents: Evidence Table 6. Mucolytics __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16etbl7.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 48KB 5 pages Contents: Evidence Table 7. Physical therapy __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17etabbs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 26KB 4 pages Contents: Abbreviations Used in Evidence Tables __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18biblio.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 168KB 29 pages Contents: Bibliography __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19appa.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 31KB 4 pages Contents: Appendix A. Final Literature Search Strategies __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20appb.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 29KB 2 pages Contents: Appendix B. Screening/Data Abstraction Form __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21appc.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 23KB 2 pages Contents: Appendix C. Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in Report __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 22etbl8.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 154KB 15 pages Contents: Evidence Table 8. Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
AHRQ Publication No. 01-E003
Current as of March 2001
Internet Citation:
Management of Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 19. AHRQ Publication No. 01-E003, March 2001. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/copdinv.htm
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