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 …

The role of palliative care in COPD

AS Iyer, DR Sullivan, KO Lindell, LF Reinke - Chest, 2022 - Elsevier
COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and is a serious respiratory
illness characterized by years of progressively debilitating breathlessness, high prevalence …

Primary healthcare competencies needed in the management of person-centred integrated care for chronic illness and multimorbidity: Results of a scoping review

L Michielsen, EWMA Bischoff, T Schermer, M Laurant - BMC Primary Care, 2023 - Springer
Background Chronic disease management is important in primary care. Disease
management programmes focus primarily on the respective diseases. The occurrence of …

Palliative care for patients dying in the intensive care unit with chronic lung disease compared with metastatic cancer

CE Brown, RA Engelberg, EL Nielsen… - Annals of the American …, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Palliative care has been focused largely on patients with cancer, and yet patients
with chronic lung diseases also have high morbidity and mortality. The majority of deaths in …

Challenges and strategies for improving COPD primary care services in Quebec: results of the experience of the COMPAS+ quality improvement collaborative

B Vachon, G Giasson, I Gaboury, D Gaid… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a
challenge in primary care and multiple barriers can limit implementation of COPD …

The view of pulmonologists on palliative care for patients with COPD: a survey study

RG Duenk, C Verhagen, PNR Dekhuijzen… - … journal of chronic …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Early palliative care is not a common practice for patients with COPD. Important
barriers are the identification of patients for palliative care and the organization of such care …

[HTML][HTML] What patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and caregivers want: filling the gaps with patient reported outcomes and experience measures

M Kalluri, F Luppi, G Ferrara - The American Journal of Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive disease, with a high mortality within the first 3-
5 years from diagnosis and a poor quality of life mainly because of the burden of symptoms …

Non-specialist palliative care: a principle-based concept analysis

M Nevin, V Smith, G Hynes - Palliative Medicine, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Building palliative care capacity among all healthcare practitioners caring for
patients with chronic illnesses, who do not work in specialist palliative care services (non …

The palliative care needs of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a qualitative study of patients and family caregivers

KO Lindell, D Kavalieratos, KF Gibson, L Tycon… - Heart & Lung, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives To explore the perceptions of palliative care (PC) needs in patients with
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and their caregivers. Background IPF carries a poor …

End-of-life care in individuals with respiratory diseases: a population study comparing the dying experience between those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

T Kendzerska, JW Nickerson, AT Hsu… - … journal of chronic …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Among individuals with COPD and/or lung cancer, to describe end-of-life health
service utilization, costs, and place of death; to identify predictors of home palliative care …