Spirometric Criteria for Hospital Admission of Patients with Acute Exacerbation of COPD*

Prognosis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease^1–3

1986 • 772 citations

Controlled Clinical Trial of Methylprednisolone in Patients with Chronic Bronchitis and Acute Respiratory Insufficiency

1980 • 304 citations

An Index Predicting Relapse and Need for Hospitalization in Patients with Acute Bronchial Asthma

1981 • 278 citations

Bronchodilator response in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1986 • 242 citations

Emergency room assessment and treatment of patients with acute asthma

1978 • 176 citations

Comparison of peak expiratory flow and FEV1 admission criteria for acute bronchial asthma

1982 • 157 citations

Recommended standardized procedures of pulmonary function testing

1978 • 148 citations

Performance of an Index Predicting the Response of Patients with Acute Bronchial Asthma to Intensive Emergency Department Treatment

1984 • 146 citations

Inability to Predict Relapse in Acute Asthma

1984 • 136 citations

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Methylprednisolone in the Emergency Treatment of Acute Exacerbations of COPD

1989 • 121 citations

Arterial Blood Gases and Pulmonary Function Testing in Acute Bronchial Asthma

1983 • 116 citations

The use of criteria for reversibility and obstruction to define patient groups for bronchodilator trials. Influence of clinical diagnosis, spirometric, and anthropometric variables.

1985 • 110 citations

Rapid Prediction of Need for Hospitalization in Acute Asthma

1976 • 101 citations

Spirometric evaluation of acute bronchial asthma

1979 • 63 citations

Controlled clinical trial of methylprednisolone in patients with chronic bronchitis and acute respiratory insufficiency

1981 • 59 citations

Relationship between arterial blood gases and spirometry in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1989 • 57 citations

Failure of peak expiratory flow rate to predict hospital admission in acute asthma

1982 • 54 citations

Assessment and management of asthma in an accident and emergency department.

1985 • 54 citations

Use of emergency medical services by patients with decompensated obstructive lung disease

1989 • 45 citations

The value of pulmonary function tests in the management of acute asthma.

1989 • 33 citations