Long-Term Efficacy of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with Occupational Respiratory Diseases [PDF]
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is a well-recognized treatment option in chronic obstructive lung disease improving exercise performance, respiratory symptoms and quality of life.
Jörres, Rudolf A. +5 more
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Is it possible to reverse frailty in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? [PDF]
In recent years, frailty has attracted increasing attention from clinicians and health care workers. The influence of frailty on the elderly, especially those with chronic diseases of the respiratory system, is highly significant. Frailty is particularly
Zhe Wang, Xiaojing Hu, Qingxiang Dai
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The efficacy of psychologically based interventions to improve anxiety, depression and quality of life in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
This article comprises a systematic review and meta-analysis looking at the efficacy of psychological intervention in improving anxiety, depression and quality of life in respiratory disease.Objective: To systematically evaluate the efficacy of ...
Adams +47 more
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The Efficacy of Therapeutic Respiratory Muscle Training Interventions in People with Bronchiectasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Background: Respiratory muscle dysfunction is an important health problem with high morbidity and mortality and associated costs in patients with bronchiectasis (BC).
Casuso-Holgado, Maria Jesus +5 more
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Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) following lung transplantation (LTx) is considered part of the optimal treatment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for favourable post-operative outcomes.
Vasileios Andrianopoulos +7 more
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Background Whole-body vibration training (WBV) performed on a vibration platform can significantly improve physical performance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Rainer Gloeckl +7 more
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Background People with very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using nocturnal non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) experience reduced exercise capacity and severe dyspnoea during exercise ...
Klaus Kenn +11 more
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Correspondence: British Thoracic Society guideline on pulmonary rehabilitation in adults: Does objectivity have a sliding scale? [PDF]
This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund. Copyright © 2014 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Thoracic Society. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non ...
Alison K McConnell +5 more
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Activity and analysis of costs in a dedicated weaning centre
Aim. To analyse the diagnosis-related characteristics and the costs of treating patients with difficult/prolonged weaning from mechanical ventilation we have undertaken a retrospective observational study. Methods.
E.M. Clini +5 more
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Mood disorder in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: response to pulmonary rehabilitation
Background Pulmonary rehabilitation improves mood disorder in COPD, but there are limited data in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The aims of this cohort study were to investigate whether pulmonary rehabilitation reduces mood disorder in IPF, and ...
George D. Edwards +7 more
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