COPD MRC dyspnoea scale Telephone survey Health status Introduction COPD is a major cause of impaired health status, disability and mortality,1 and most current clinical practice guidelines define the severity of COPD in terms of the level of forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1).2, 3 However...
LOWER LIMB FUNCTION AND EXERCISE PERFORMANCE IN DIFFERENT MRC DYSPNOEA SCALE CATEGORIES OF COPDBackground: Quadriceps dysfunction in COPD may be mediated by inflammatory mechanisms or impaired satellite cell function. Resistance training is of proven efficacy in these patients, but data on muscle ...
Usefulness of the Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Background-Methods of classifying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) depend largely upon spirometric measurements but disability is only weakly r......
Usefulness of the Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Background-Methods of classifying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) depend largely upon spirometric measurements but disability is only weakly r......
Coronary heart disease (CHD) was defined as being present if participants had ever suffered from a heart attack or if angina was indicated by the diagnostic scale. Participants currently receiving treatment for their diabetes or hypertension were coded as having the disease. Participants were ...
J. Steer, E. Norman, G. Afolabi, G.J. Gibson, S.C. Bourke, S168 evaluation of the MRC dyspnoea scale and a novel extended version in prediction of in-hospital death and early readmission in acute exacerbations of COPD, Thorax 65 (S4) (2010)....
(2010). The MRC dyspnoea scale by telephone interview to monitor health status in elderly COPD patients. Respiratory Medicine, Jul: 1-8.Paladini L, Hodder R, Cecchini I, Bellia V, Incaalzi RA. The MRC dyspnoea scale by telephone interview to monitor health status in elderly COPD patients ...