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Four patients with a history of acute exacerbations of COPD: implementing the CHEST/Canadian Thoracic Society guidelines for preventing exacerbations [PDF]

, 2015
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A Singanayagam, AJ Crockett, AL Ries, AM Yohannes, C Fletcher, CE Bucknall, CM Fletcher, CP Hersh, D Brooks, DD Marciniuk, F Maltais, FA Cleutjens, G Guyatt, GJ Criner, J Chong, J Pynoos, J Strijbos, JJ Soler-Cataluna, JW Dodd, K Gruffydd-Jones, K Rockwood, K Rockwood, KH Groenewegen, L Cheyne, L Lahousse, L Puente-Maestu, LP Fried, LS Bickford, M Guell, M Stickland, M Zwerink, MM Ball, P Almagro, PG Gibson, PW Jones, S Hull, SK Park, SP Newman, T Bodenheimer, T Lee, TM Wilkinson, VS Fan, World Health Organization, Y Lacasse   +43 more
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Effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with COPD [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is beneficial for patients with COPD, with improvement in exercise capacity and health-related quality of life.
Fatima, Z. (Zunaira), Iftikhar, A. (Areeba), Yousaf, M. I. (Muhammad)   +2 more
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Effects of core training based on respiratory therapy on elderly stable COPD patients in the rehabilitation hospital: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open
Introduction Elderly stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients frequently experience walking dysfunction. Research indicates that balance training holds promise for enhancing walking stability in these individuals, whereas respiratory ...
Shanshan Wang, Yan Qu, Wei Feng, Jingjing Zhou, Jianqing Su, Yingjun Wei, Bingyang Gao, Chunlai Niu, Zinan Zhang   +8 more
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Pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, 2020
As a highly infectious respiratory tract disease, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can cause respiratory, physical, and psychological dysfunction in patients.
Lu-Lu Yang, Ting Yang
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Barriers to adherence to home-based pulmonary rehabilitation among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Iran: a descriptive qualitative study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a chronic disease with numerous complications. Therefore, its effective management depends on home-based pulmonary rehabilitation.
Ramin Sami, Kobra Salehi, Marzieh Hashemi, Shila Haghighat, Vajihe Atashi   +4 more
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Exploring transitions in care from pulmonary rehabilitation to home for persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A descriptive qualitative study

Health Expectations, 2020
Background Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often experience high health‐care utilization following pulmonary rehabilitation, suggesting suboptimal transitions to home.
Jonathan Miranda, Danielle Underwood, Miranda Kuepfer‐Thomas, Drew Coulson, Andy Chansoo Park, Stacey J. Butler, Roger Goldstein, Dina Brooks, Amanda C. Everall, Sara J. T. Guilcher   +9 more
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Telehealthcare for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease of irreversible airways obstruction in which patients often suffer exacerbations. Sometimes these exacerbations need hospital care: telehealthcare has the potential to reduce admission
Car, Josip, Liu, Joseph L. Y., McLean, Susannah, Nurmatov, Ulugbek, Pagliari, Claudia, Sheikh, Aziz   +5 more
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Telemonitoring of daily activity and symptom behavior in patients with COPD [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives. This study investigated the activity behavior of patients with COPD in detail compared to asymptomatic controls, and the relationship between subjective and objective activities (awareness), and readiness to change activity behavior. Methods.
Hermens, H.J., Palen, J.A.M. van der, Tabak, M., Tonis, T.M., Valk, P.D. van der, Vollenbroek-Hutten, M.M.R.   +5 more
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Emerging insights into CC and CXC chemokines and their receptors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The dual roles of CC and CXC chemokines in distinguishing active, latent, and subclinical tuberculosis were reviewed, along with an evaluation of their potential as diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets to advance precision medicine in tuberculosis management. The graphical abstract was generated with AI assistance (Gemini 3.0).
Xuying Yin, Dangsheng Xiao, Jiezuan Yang
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Pulmonary rehabilitation : insight into current trends [PDF]

, 2010
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a widely accepted therapeutic tool used to improve the quality of life and functional capacity of individuals with chronic lung disease.
Montefort, Stephen, Sciriha, Anabel
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