Search terms (provisional)
| Concept | Search terms |
|---|---|
| COPD | MeSH terms: exp Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/; Lung Diseases, Obstructive/Free text terms: COPD; COAD; COBD; AECB; emphysema; chronic bronchitis; obstructive (pulmonary or lung or airway or airflow or bronchitis or respiratory) disease; lung or respiratory or ventilatory) function |
| Stroke | MeSH terms: exp Stroke/; Stroke, Lacunar/;Free text terms: stroke; CVA; TIA; cerebrovascular (disease or event or accident or attack or injury); cerebral ischaemia; transient ischaemic attack; ischaemic stroke (atherothrombotic, cardioembolic, lacunar infarction); haemorrhagic stroke (intracerebral, subarachnoid) |
AECB, acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis; COAD, chronic obstructive airways disease; COBD, chronic obstructive bronchial disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; TIA, transient ischaemic attack.