Medication Discontinuation in Adults With COPD Discharged From the Hospital A Population-Based Cohort Study

摘要

BACKGROUND: Patients admitted to the hospital with COPD are commonly managed with inhaled short-acting bronchodilators, sometimes in lieu of the long-acting bronchodilators they take as outpatients. If held on admission, these long-acting inhalers should be reinitiated upon discharge; however, health-care transitions sometimes result in unintentional discontinuation.