COPD care in the 21st century: a public health priority

RN Criner, MLK Han - Respiratory Care, 2018 - rc.rcjournal.com
COPD is an underdiagnosed, undertreated, and yet largely preventable disease. COPD
affects millions of Americans on a daily basis, accounts for tens of thousands of deaths per …

Association of a bundled hospital-at-home and 30-day postacute transitional care program with clinical outcomes and patient experiences

AD Federman, T Soones, LV DeCherrie… - JAMA internal …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Hospital-at-home (HaH) care provides acute hospital-level care in a patient's
home as a substitute for traditional inpatient care. In September 2017, the Physician …

[HTML][HTML] Indicadores de calidad de la atención en salud en hospitalización domiciliaria: revisión integradora

C Puchi-Gómez, T Paravic-Klijn, A Salazar - Aquichan, 2018 - scielo.org.co
Objetivo: describir la producción empírica sobre indicadores para evaluar la calidad de la
atención en salud otorgada a usuarios de unidades de hospitalización domiciliaria (HD) …

Early hospital readmissions after an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the nationwide readmissions database

DM Jacobs, K Noyes, J Zhao, W Gibson… - Annals of the …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Understanding the causes and factors related to readmission for an acute
exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) within a nationwide …

Home treatment of COPD exacerbation selected by DECAF score: a non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation

C Echevarria, J Gray, T Hartley, J Steer, J Miller… - Thorax, 2018 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Previous models of Hospital at Home (HAH) for COPD exacerbation (ECOPD)
were limited by the lack of a reliable prognostic score to guide patient selection …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

SE Jones, RE Barker, CM Nolan, S Patel… - Journal of thoracic …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are one of the
most common causes of emergency hospital admission and place great burden upon …

[HTML][HTML] Home hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure: opportunities and strategies for improved health outcomes

KV Voudris, MA Silver - Healthcare, 2018 - mdpi.com
Importance: Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalization among patients over
the age of 65 in the United States and developed countries, posing a significant economic …

Dyspnoea and self‐management strategies in patients admitted to the emergency department: A study of patients' experiences

KSR Larsen, AK Petersen, M Lisby… - Journal of clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objective To explore patients' experiences of acute dyspnoea, physical functioning
and perspectives on course of illness prior to admission to the emergency department …

Managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the community setting

R Higginson, A Parry - British journal of community nursing, 2018 - magonlinelibrary.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an umbrella term used to describe
respiratory diseases characterised by airway obstruction. COPD is now an established and …

Telehealth for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

V Gaveikaite, C Fischer, H Schonenberg, S Pauws… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent chronic
disease characterised by persistent respiratory symptoms. A focus of COPD interventional …