Volume 143, Issue 1, Pages 82-90 (January 2013) Association Between Antibiotic Treatment and Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Exacerbation of COPD Treated With Systemic Steroids Mihaela S. Stefan, MD, Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH, Meng-Shiou Shieh, PhD, Penelope S. Pekow, PhD, Peter K. Lindenauer, MD CHEST Volume 143, Issue 1, Pages 82-90 (January 2013) DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-0649 Copyright © 2013 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Patient selection flow diagram. AE-COPD = acute exacerbation of COPD. CHEST 2013 143, 82-90DOI: (10.1378/chest.12-0649) Copyright © 2013 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Outcomes of early antibiotic treatment vs late or not-treated in patients hospitalized for acute exacerbation of COPD. CHEST 2013 143, 82-90DOI: (10.1378/chest.12-0649) Copyright © 2013 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Sensitivity analysis to estimate the potential impact of unmeasured confounding. CHEST 2013 143, 82-90DOI: (10.1378/chest.12-0649) Copyright © 2013 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions