Improving earlier diagnosis and the long term management of COPD: Testing the case for changeNhs Improvement
There is worldwide interest in managing the global burden of long-term conditions. Current health policy places emphasis on self-management and supporting patient participation as ways of improving patient outcomes and reducing costs. However, achieving
There is also a need to gain a better understanding of the risk factors that contribute toward the development of long COVID, which was highlighted as a research priority on the recently updated NICE guideline on managing the long-term effects of COVID-194. Previous studies suggested that high...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of traumatic injury; however, long-term outcomes such as mortality and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) have been rarely reported in this important patient population. We compared the long-term outcome of vehicle-traumatic and non-traumatic AKI ...
National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme and the NHS Long Term Plan - ScienceDirectdoi:10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30258-9Ian P SinhaJames CalvertKatherine C HickmanJohn R HurstViktoria McMillanJennifer K QuintSally J SinghC Michael RobertsThe Lancet Respiratory Medicine...
The design of a native APP was chosen, instead of a hybrid one, in order to obtain improved performance in the long term, as well as to be able to make use of the device’s own tools, such as notifications, thus allowing the APP to be kept up to date. ReCoVery consists of six ...
little is known about the management of these patients. It is well documented that small airways disease is associated with worse spirometry results, poorer health status and quality of life in patients with COPD, making the small airways an important treatment target [42]. The use of inhaled ...
of this study was to evaluate the long-term health outcomes in a sample of patients discharged from the service. We wanted to know the status of their LC symptoms, whether they are accessing any other services, what support they continue to require and how LC has impacted their ability to ...
Population health perspectives are an increasingly important framework in healthcare [17] with an aim to reduce the cost of long-term care for disability and increase the impact of health interventions. In addition, the research team were interested in an opportunity to demonstrate how sport and ...
The Greek National Health Service (NHS) faces many challenges. Adequate economic and human support is essential if this situation is to be managed successfully. However, Greece still bears the burden of the economic downturn since 2009. In fact, the crisis led to shortages in crucial equipment,...