"People with COPD have morecardiovascular disease, and treating comorbid [coexisting] conditions can really help out. The survival benefit may not be unique to COPD, but it was a pretty significantsurvival benefitfor people with COPD," Reed said. Dr. Len Horovitz, a pulmonary specialist at Leno...
We piloted a novel nurse-led intervention, HELPing older people with very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (HELP-COPD), undertaken 4 weeks after discharge from hospital, which sought to identify and address the holistic care needs of people with severe COPD. This 6-month mixed-method ...
about 25 million people have asthma, 16 million adults have been diagnosed with COPD and CF is the most common life-threatening, genetic disease. Many cancer patients end up with lung disease because their cancer treatments or the cancer itself leaves them immunocompromised. ...
Stay away from secondhand smoke, and don't allow other people to smoke in your home. Avoid exposure to lung-damaging chemicals. Take steps to help promote clean air in your community. Schedule a visit with your doctor if you suspect that you may have COPD, particularly if you are 45 or...
Developing criteria to assist in the palliative phase of COPD. For people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hospital admission can be associated with a poor prognosis. Consequently, the end-stage of th... Trueman,Jacqui (AUTHOR),Ian (AUTHOR) - 《British Journal of Nursing》 ...
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“Many people don’t even know they have COPD. They experience symptoms that they consider part of normal life progression and essentially learn to live with them,” says Norbert Feigler, MD, Senior Medical Director, Respiratory at AstraZeneca. “Estimates [suggest] as many as half of Amer...
and some smokers have even employed the flavored vapor in the hopes that it might help them quit, or at least mitigate the negative health consequences of a nicotine habit. For people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), e-cigarettes do neither, according to a new study at the...
function implicated in the development and progression of diseases such as dementia,” said Hoiland. “This improvement in cerebral oxygen delivery and neurovascular function might provide a physiological link between oxygen therapy and a reduced risk of certain brain diseases for people with COPD.” ...