PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ross Murphy
AU  - Martin McKechnie
AU  - Joel Dunning
TI  - Antibiotics in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
DP  - 2004 Mar 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 200--203
VI  - 21
IP  - 2
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/21/2/200.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/21/2/200.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2004 Mar 01; 21
AB  - A short cut review was carried out to establish whether antibiotics improve recovery in patients with acute exacerbations of COPD. Altogether 200 papers were found using the reported search, of which four presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results, and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. A clinical bottom line is stated