Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the top three causes of death
worldwide, but governments and non-governmental organisations have not given its …

Background: Despite the known benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) for patients with
chronic respiratory disease, this treatment is underused. Evidence-based guidelines should …

Objectives: Physical activity, sedentary and sleep behaviours have strong associations with
health. This systematic review aimed to identify how clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for …

Background India has 18% of the global population and an increasing burden of chronic
respiratory diseases. However, a systematic understanding of the distribution of chronic …

Air pollution has become the world's single biggest environmental health risk, linked to
around 7 million deaths in 2012 according to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) …

Background As the emerging economies, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South
Africa) shared 61.58% of the global chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) deaths in 2017. This …

Asthma is defined as a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways which manifests itself as
recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and cough. It is …

Identifying patients at risk of exacerbations and managing them appropriately to reduce this
risk represents an important clinical challenge. Numerous treatments have been assessed …

Always and at any age, regular physical activity can act as a powerful elixir with a beneficial
effect on health and well-being. The wide variety of health effects that physical activity can …

Koul: Indian COPD guidelines: The challenge and a significant proportion of this activity
takes place in conditions where much of the effluent is released into the indoor living …