title: "GOLD" standards for acute exacerbation in COPD.
authors.affiliation: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chojnowski
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D018450:Disease Progression; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010343:Patient Admission; D010808:Physical Examination; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology