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The Belgian trial with azithromycin for acute COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalization: an investigator-initiated study protocol for a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Kristina Vermeersch1 KU Leuven, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Leuven, Belgium
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Maria Gabrovska2 Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium
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Griet Deslypere3 Department of Pneumology, Jessa Ziekenhuis, Hasselt, Belgium
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Ingel K Demedts4 Department of Respiratory Medicine, AZ Delta Roeselare-Menen, Roeselare, Belgium
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Hans Slabbynck5 Department of Respiratory Medicine, ZNA Middelheim, Antwerpen, Belgium
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Joseph Aumann3 Department of Pneumology, Jessa Ziekenhuis, Hasselt, Belgium
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Vincent Ninane2 Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium
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Geert M Verleden1 KU Leuven, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Leuven, Belgium
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Thierry Troosters1 KU Leuven, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Leuven, Belgium;6 KU Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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Kris Bogaerts7 KU Leuven, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, I–BioStat, Leuven, Belgium;8 Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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Guy G Brusselle9 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Wim Janssens1 KU Leuven, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Leuven, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 687-696 | Published online: 31 Mar 2016

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Oliver Van Oekelen, Kristina Vermeersch, Stephanie Everaerts, Bert Vandenberk, Rik Willems & Wim Janssens. (2018) Significance of prolonged QTc in acute exacerbations of COPD requiring hospitalization. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 13, pages 1937-1947.
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