TY - JOUR T1 - Antibiotics in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 200 LP - 203 VL - 21 IS - 2 AU - Ross Murphy AU - Martin McKechnie AU - Joel Dunning Y1 - 2004/03/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/21/2/200.abstract N2 - 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 ER -