Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary

J Vestbo, SS Hurd, AG Agustí, PW Jones… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health problem, and since 2001,
the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has published its strategy …

Use of exercise testing in the evaluation of interventional efficacy: an official ERS statement

L Puente-Maestu, P Palange… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
This document reviews 1) the measurement properties of commonly used exercise tests in
patients with chronic respiratory diseases and 2) published studies on their utilty and/or …

Pulmonary rehabilitation for adults with chronic respiratory disease: an official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline

CL Rochester, JA Alison, B Carlin… - American journal of …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
Background: Despite the known benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) for patients with
chronic respiratory disease, this treatment is underused. Evidence-based guidelines should …

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 …

Management of COPD exacerbations: a European respiratory society/American thoracic society guideline

JA Wedzicha, M Miravitlles, JR Hurst… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
This document provides clinical recommendations for treatment of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. Comprehensive evidence syntheses, including …

An integrated palliative and respiratory care service for patients with advanced disease and refractory breathlessness: a randomised controlled trial

IJ Higginson, C Bausewein, CC Reilly… - The Lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Breathlessness is a common and distressing symptom, which increases in
many diseases as they progress and is difficult to manage. We assessed the effectiveness of …

British Thoracic Society guideline on pulmonary rehabilitation in adults: accredited by NICE

CE Bolton, EF Bevan-Smith, JD Blakey, P Crowe… - Thorax, 2013 - thorax.bmj.com
Aim Pulmonary rehabilitation has established itself as a key management strategy in people
with chronic respiratory disease. The role of pulmonary rehabilitation has recently been …

Australian and N ew Z ealand P ulmonary R ehabilitation G uidelines

JA Alison, ZJ McKeough, K Johnston… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective The aim of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines (Guidelines)
is to provide evidence‐based recommendations for the practice of pulmonary rehabilitation …

Lower mortality after early supervised pulmonary rehabilitation following COPD-exacerbations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CK Ryrsø, NS Godtfredsen, LM Kofod… - BMC pulmonary …, 2018 - Springer
Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), delivered as a supervised multidisciplinary
program including exercise training, is one of the cornerstones in the chronic obstructive …

Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

MA Puhan, E Gimeno‐Santos… - … of systematic reviews, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Guidelines have provided positive recommendations for pulmonary
rehabilitation after exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but …