Costs & Outcomes of Hospitalization/Treatment With Levalbuterol & Albuterol in Asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Subjects

Exclusion Criteria

• •Subjects who are likely to be in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or Critical Care Unit (CCU).
• •Based upon history or physical exam in the ED or Clinic, subjects with known or suspected cause of pulmonary symptoms other than asthma or COPD, such as pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, cystic fibrosis, or angioedema. Subjects with CHF that are admitted with a primary admission diagnosis of COPD are not excluded.
• •Female subjects who are pregnant or breast feeding.
• •Subjects who have participated in an investigational drug study within 30 days of study entry or have previously participated in the current trial.
• •Subjects who are planning to receive elective surgical procedures during the 30 day period after hospital discharge.