Management of severe acute exacerbations of COPD: an updated narrative review

E Crisafulli, E Barbeta, A Ielpo, A Torres - Multidisciplinary respiratory …, 2018 - Springer
Background Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may experience
an acute worsening of respiratory symptoms that results in additional therapy; this event is …

Gender differences in bronchiectasis: a real issue?

C Vidaillac, VFL Yong, TK Jaggi, MM Soh… - Breathe, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Gender differences in chronic respiratory disease, including cystic fibrosis and non-cystic
fibrosis bronchiectasis are clinically apparent and of increasing importance. Differences in …

Prediction models for exacerbations in different COPD patient populations: comparing results of five large data sources

M Hoogendoorn, TL Feenstra, M Boland… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background and objectives Exacerbations are important outcomes in COPD both from a
clinical and an economic perspective. Most studies investigating predictors of exacerbations …

Poor adherence to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medications in primary care: role of age, disease burden and polypharmacy

DL Vetrano, E Bianchini, G Onder… - Geriatrics & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim of the present study was to assess the occurrence and determinants of poor
adherence to pharmacological treatment in a cohort of primary care patients with chronic …

Metabolic syndrome in early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: gender differences and impact on exacerbation and medical costs

HS Choi, CK Rhee, YB Park, KH Yoo… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a well-known comorbidity of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). However, their interrelationship, particularly in early COPD …

Association between Rome classification among hospitalized patients with COPD exacerbations and short-term and intermediate-term outcomes

E Crisafulli, G Sartori, A Huerta, A Gabarrús, A Fantin… - Chest, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Recently, the Rome proposal updated the definition of exacerbation of COPD
(ECOPD). However, such severity grade has not yet demonstrated intermediate-term clinical …

Determinants of exacerbation risk in patients with COPD in the TIOSPIR study

PMA Calverley, K Tetzlaff, D Dusser… - … journal of chronic …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background Exacerbation history is used to grade the risk of COPD exacerbation, but its
reliability and relationship to other risk factors and prior therapy is unclear. To examine these …

Call to action: improving primary care for women with COPD

I Tsiligianni, MR Rodríguez, K Lisspers… - NPJ primary care …, 2017 - nature.com
In this perspective-based article, which is based on findings from a comprehensive literature
search, we discuss the significant and growing burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary …

The role of early warning scoring systems NEWS and MEWS in the acute exacerbation of COPD

C Triantafyllidou, P Effraimidis… - Clinical Medicine …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are the most
devastating events in the course of the disease. Our aim was to investigate the value of early …

Risk of exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a primary care retrospective cohort study

J Montserrat-Capdevila, P Godoy, JR Marsal… - BMC family …, 2015 - Springer
Background The risk of exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
depends on the severity of disease and other less well known factors. Predictive models of …