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General Approach

Link	Source	Year
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation: When it isn’t just your classic exacerbation…	emDocs	2018
Acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)	EMCrit	2024

PE	Source	Year
Prevalence of PE in COPD Patients	JournalFeed	2021

Specific Therapies

Steroids	Source	Year
Systemic corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Cochrane Library	2014
Systemic Corticosteroids for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)	TheNNT

Antibiotics	Source	Year
Antibiotics for Acute COPD Exacerbations	TheNNT
REBEL Core Cast 3.0 – Asthma, COPD, PNA	REBEL EM	2019
Does CRP Help Reduce Antibiotic Prescriptions in COPD?	REBEL EM	2020

Magnesium	Source	Year
Nebulised magnesium sulphate for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Cochrane Library	2020
Magnesium in the treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	PMC	2014

Beta-Blockers	Source	Year
Can We Use Beta-Blockers with COPD?	JournalFeed $	2018

Oxygen Therapy Targets	Source	Year
Run 'Em Low: SpO2 Targets for COPD	JournalFeed	2021

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