title: Acute exacerbation in COPD: we must do more.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respiratory Medicine and Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany welte.tobias@mh-hannover.de.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Welte
mesh_terms: D054869:Clinical Audit; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D018450:Disease Progression; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index