Background Advance care planning (ACP) supports patients in identifying and documenting
their preferences and timely discussing them with their relatives and healthcare …

According to the 2013 American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement
on pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), education to promote effective self-management is a …

Background and objective The aim of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines (Guidelines)
is to provide evidence‐based recommendations for the practice of pulmonary rehabilitation …

Frailty is a complex, multidimensional syndrome characterised by a loss of physiological
reserves that increases a person9s susceptibility to adverse health outcomes. Most …

Objectives: Physical activity, sedentary and sleep behaviours have strong associations with
health. This systematic review aimed to identify how clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for …

Treatable traits is a personalized approach to the management of respiratory disease. The
approach involves a multidimensional assessment to understand the traits present in …

This meta-analysis explored the safety and effectiveness of mucolytics as an add-on
treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. Based on a pre …

Anxiety and depression are common mental health illnesses in people with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, patients often decline formal mental …

Introduction With treatment-related improvements in survival, rehabilitation is essential to
improve function and health-related quality of life and manage the high symptom burden …

Question In adults with advanced lung disease, do the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) and 1-
minute sit-to-stand test (1minSTS) elicit similar cardiorespiratory responses? Can the 6 …