Needs Assessment and Identification of the Multifaceted COPD Care Bundle in the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Hospital in Nepal.

Roshana Shrestha Anmol Purna Shrestha Taylor SonnenbergJanki MistryRajeev ShresthaTheodore MacKinney

Published in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2021)

The current COPD performance measures were suboptimal with high 30-day revisit and near-fatal outcomes. We suggest the urgent implementation of the enlisted feasible bundles-care involving multifaceted team and protocol-based management plans for AECOPD in a busy resource-limited ED.

Keyphrases

emergency department
quality improvement
healthcare
palliative care
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
primary care
randomized controlled trial
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
air pollution
glycemic control
adverse drug
drug induced