Prevention of acute exacerbations of COPD: American college of chest physicians and Canadian thoracic society guideline

GJ Criner, J Bourbeau, RL Diekemper, DR Ouellette… - Chest, 2015 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: COPD is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States as
well as throughout the rest of the world. An exacerbation of COPD (periodic escalations of …

Self-management in patients with COPD: theoretical context, content, outcomes, and integration into clinical care

AA Kaptein, MJ Fischer, M Scharloo - International journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In this narrative review, we put self-management in the context of a 50-year history of
research about how patients with COPD respond to their illness. We review a definition of …

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation

MA Spruit, SJ Singh, C Garvey… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is recognized as a core component of the
management of individuals with chronic respiratory disease. Since the 2006 American …

Differential response to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: multidimensional profiling

MA Spruit, IML Augustin, LE Vanfleteren… - European …, 2015 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of the present study was to profile a multidimensional response to pulmonary
rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Dyspnoea …

[PDF][PDF] Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: official diagnosis and treatment guidelines of the Czech Pneumological and Phthisiological Society; a novel …

V Koblizek, J Chlumsky, V Zindr… - Biomedical …, 2013 - researchgate.net
Background. COPD is a global concern. Currently, several sets of guidelines, statements
and strategies to managing COPD exist around the world. Methods. The Czech …

Self‐management interventions for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

J Schrijver, A Lenferink… - Cochrane Database …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Self‐management interventions help people with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) to acquire and practise the skills they need to carry out disease‐specific …

Meeting the challenge of COPD care delivery in the USA: a multiprovider perspective

MLK Han, CH Martinez, DH Au, J Bourbeau… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the USA continues to grow.
Although progress has been made in the the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and …

Pulmonary rehabilitation

MA Spruit - European Respiratory Review, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a comprehensive intervention designed to improve the physical
and psychological condition of people with chronic respiratory disease and promote the long …

[translated article] Spanish COPD guidelines (gesepoc 2021): non-pharmacological treatment update

BG Cosío, C Hernández, E Chiner… - Archivos de …, 2022 - Elsevier
In addition to recommendations for pharmacological treatment stratified for risk and
phenotype, the new 2021 edition of the Spanish COPD Guidelines (GesEPOC 2021) …

Recommendations on non-pharmacological treatment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from the Spanish COPD guidelines (GesEPOC 2017)

E Pleguezuelos, E Gimeno-Santos… - Archivos de …, 2018 - Elsevier
Non-pharmacological treatment is essential in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD), but this treatment is sometimes not given the importance it deserves …