Prehospital prognosis is difficult in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Table 2 Prehospital treatment of patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Treatment	Patients with COPD n = 530 (%)
Prehospital setting
Salbutamol/Ipratropiumbromide^a	371 (70.0)
Salbutamol	183 (34.5)
Terbutaline	38 (7.1)
Steroids^b	304 (57.3)
Furosemide	77 (14.5)
Nitroglycerine	29 (5.5)
Morphine	17 (3.2)
Intubation	8 (1.5)

^aOnly administered by prehospital physicians in Denmark
^bSteroids administered often as intravenous treatment e.g. 125 mg methylprednisolone

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