title: Managing a Patient with COPD.
abstract: Mrs. Hayek, a patient so obese as to be house-bound, is admitted to the Medical Unit with exacerbation of her COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and lung infection. After her discharge from hospital, the district nursing service draws up a care plan with her.
authors.affiliation: Lycée des métiers de la santé et du social François Rabelais, Ifsi, 9, rue Francis-de-Croisset, 75018 Paris, France. Electronic address: isabelle.clavagnier@laposte.net.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clavagnier
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000451:nursing*