Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a betacoronavirus that
causes the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is highly transmissible and …

Good symptom management in oncology is associated with improved patient and family
quality of life, greater treatment compliance, and may even offer survival advantages. With …

Background: Patients with serious respiratory illness and their caregivers suffer
considerable burdens, and palliative care is a fundamental right for anyone who needs it …

Background Breathlessness is a common, distressing symptom in people with advanced
disease and a marker of deterioration. Holistic services that draw on integrated palliative …

More than a third of patients hospitalised for acute exacerbation of COPD are readmitted to
hospital within 90 days. Healthcare professionals and service providers are expected to …

Background Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) and bronchoscopic lung volume
reduction (BLVR) with endobronchial valves can improve outcomes in appropriately …

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 …

Introduction Although home non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is increasingly used to manage
patients with chronic ventilatory failure, there are limited data on the long-term outcome of …

Policy Points We identified two overarching classifications of integrated geriatric and
palliative care to maximize older people's quality of life at the end of life. Both are oriented to …

Background Cachexia is an important extra‐pulmonary manifestation of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) presenting as unintentional weight loss and altered body …