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Impact of a Pharmacist-Provided Spirometry Service on Access to Results in a Primary Care Setting

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2018
Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to determine the effect of a pharmacist-provided spirometry service within a federally qualified health center on the percentage of spirometry referrals completed with results reviewed by the ordering ...
Lisa A. Mueller, Alexa Sevin Valentino, Aaron D. Clark, Junan Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Switching disease‐modifying therapies in patients with spinal muscular atrophy: A systematic review on effectiveness outcomes

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
With multiple disease‐modifying therapies now available, treatment switching has become an important clinical consideration in the management of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). While some switches are prompted by suboptimal clinical response, more commonly they are driven by treatment burden, convenience, or adverse events.
Andrej Belančić, Elvira Meni Maria Gkrinia, Patrick Eustaquio, Andrea Katrin Faour, Dinko Vitezić   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Micro-phenomenological approach to explore the patient experience during an initial spirometry examination to diagnose COPD in general practice in France

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To explore the patient experience of a spirometry test used to confirm chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnosis in patients with suspected smoking-related COPD.Design This is a qualitative study, performed with open interviews in
Laurent Plantier, Matthieu Bremond, Anthony Berthelot, Hervé Breton, Maxime Pautrat   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of respiratory muscle activities and cardiovascular function during different breathing types in healthy adults: Costal breathing, flow incentive spirometry, and volume incentive spirometry.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundVarious breathing exercises are used to enhance lung function. However, many patients have reported experiencing breathlessness and an increased work of breathing during their use, but evidence supporting this is limited.
Preeyaphorn Songsorn, Kanyapit Chummee, Chutima Yaanan, Anurak Banlueharn, Kornanong Yuenyongchaiwat, Chalearmpong Pinupong, Sasipa Buranapuntalug   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pharmacist-Driven Spirometry Screening to Target High-Risk Patients in a Primary Care Setting

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2019
Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to determine the effect of proactive pharmacist identification of high-risk patients eligible for diagnostic spirometry testing on the percentage of appropriate spirometry referrals ordered and the ...
Jangus B. Whitner, Lisa A. Mueller, Alexa Sevin Valentino   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spirometry as a Predictor of Cardiometabolic Disease [PDF]

, 2022
Tianshi David Wu
openalex   +1 more source

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
core   +3 more sources

Long‐term impact of Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/ivacaftor on pulmonary, nutritional and metabolic outcomes in homozygous F508del cystic fibrosis patients: A real‐world cohort study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) has markedly improved cystic fibrosis (CF) outcomes. However, its long‐term impact on nutrition, metabolism and liver health remains underexplored. We assessed 30‐month changes in pulmonary, nutritional, metabolic and inflammatory markers in people with CF (PwCF) homozygous for F508del.
Nicola Perrotta, Luigi Angelo Fiorito, Roberta Vescovo, Anna Virgilio, Giulia Amato, Giuseppe Cimino   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Race-specific spirometry equations may overestimate asthma control in Black children and adolescents

Respiratory Research, 2023
Background A growing body of evidence suggests that use of race terms in spirometry reference equations underestimates disease burden in Black populations, which may lead to disparities in pulmonary disease outcomes.
Allison J. Burbank, Claire E. Atkinson, Andre E. Espaillat, Stephen A. Schworer, Katherine Mills, Jennifer Rooney, Ceila E. Loughlin, Wanda Phipatanakul, Michelle L. Hernandez   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breathing SPACE – a practical approach to the breathless patient. [PDF]

, 2016
Breathlessness is a common symptom which may have multiple causes in any one individual and causes which may change over time. Breathlessness campaigns encourage people to see their GP if they are unduly breathless.
Baxter, N, Hopkinson, NS
core   +1 more source