COPD is a major healthcare problem and cause of mortality worldwide. COPD patients at
increased mortality risk are those who are more symptomatic, have lower lung function and …

Aims Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may influence management and
prognosis of atrial fibrillation (AF), but this relationship has been scarcely explored in …

Introducción En pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC), la
rehabilitación pulmonar reporta mejorías en la tolerancia al ejercicio, la calidad de vida y la …

Objective: Poor therapeutic adherence and the contributing factors have been extensively
researched in several chronic diseases, including COPD. However, the influence of ethnicity …

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often require frequent
hospitalization due to worsening symptoms. Preventing prolonged hospital stays and …

Purpose Rehabilitation after acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(AECOPD) is beneficial, but its feasibility is questionable. Feasibility is potentiated by …

Americans in rural and historically marginalized communities experience worse pulmonary
health outcomes, due to a variety of factors including less access to health care services …

Oxygen pulse (O2P) is a function of stroke volume and cellular oxygen extraction and O2P
curve pattern (O2PCP) can provide continuous measurements of O2P. However …

Background Individuals with COPD may be staged according to symptoms and exacerbation
history (GOLD groups: AD) and on airflow obstruction (GOLD grades: 1–4). Guidelines …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the leading global cause of disability and
mortality. 1 In a recent publication in Respirology, Mei and colleagues analysed data from …