Community pharmacists have the expertise to help patients manage their chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (OOPD) in the community but there is no evidence that such a service is cost effective. A total of 34 English community pharmacies provided COPD support and advice to 137 patients. The ...
AIM: We studied the quality of care for COPD patients in a large sample of general practices in Denmark. We focussed on whether participation by general practitioners (GPs) in an educational programme could enhance the use of spirometry ... P Lange,Rasmussen, Finn Vejl,H Borgeskov,... - ...
Results Males accounted for 70% of the sample, with cough and sputum being the prominent symptoms. Regarding the COPD staging, the majority of patients (68.5%) were classified as stage I/II, 27% belonged to stage III, and 4.5% to stage IV. Arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease ...
Up date nutritional support for patients with COPD 喜欢 0 阅读量: 38 作者: IM Ferreira 摘要: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with multiple comorbid conditions including ischemic heart disease, peripheral muscular dysfunction, osteoporosis, osteopenia, glaucoma, anemia, anxiety ...
Objective:To observe and compare protein nutritional status and respiratory function of patients suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) in acute period before and after treatment.Methods:A total ...
Patient support groups including the COPD Foundation, American Lung Association and Asthma and Lung UK have produced a broad range of educational materials to help respiratory patients and caregivers to understand and manage their conditions better....
COPD Patients Need Social Support to Manage Care RT: The Journal for Respiratory Care PractitionersFRATANTORO, MIKE
The most common side effects reported with SPIRIVA RESPIMAT in patients with COPD include sore throat, cough, dry mouth, and sinus infection. Do not spray SPIRIVA RESPIMAT into your eyes, as this may cause blurring of vision and pupil dilation. ...
The system used a similar approach to the Synergy-COPD CDSS by using rules extracted from the guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma (EPR-3) [15]. The system assesses the severity of asthma, by applying rules based on a set of inputs, from the patients symptoms, ...
Three hundred seventy COPD patients who smoked a mean of 19.6 cigarettes per day (mean, 42.7 pack-years; mean FEV1, 56% of predicted). Nicotine sublingual tablet or placebo for 12 weeks combined with either low support (four visits plus six telephone calls) or high support (seven visits ...