Dyspnea in COPD: new mechanistic insights and management implications

DE O'Donnell, KM Milne, MD James, JP de Torres… - Advances in …, 2020‏ - Springer
Dyspnea is the most common symptom experienced by patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). To avoid exertional dyspnea, many patients adopt a sedentary …

Risk of cardiovascular comorbidity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

W Chen, J Thomas, M Sadatsafavi… - The Lancet Respiratory …, 2015‏ - thelancet.com
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a systemic inflammatory
disorder associated with increased comorbid prevalence of cardiovascular diseases. We …

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society policy statement: enhancing implementation, use, and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation

CL Rochester, I Vogiatzis, AE Holland… - American journal of …, 2015‏ - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has demonstrated physiological, symptom-
reducing, psychosocial, and health economic benefits for patients with chronic respiratory …

Development and first validation of the COPD Assessment Test

PW Jones, G Harding, P Berry… - European …, 2009‏ - publications.ersnet.org
There is need for a validated short, simple instrument to quantify chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) impact in routine practice to aid health status assessment and …

2023 Canadian Thoracic Society guideline on pharmacotherapy in patients with stable COPD

J Bourbeau, M Bhutani, P Hernandez, SD Aaron… - Chest, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient care must include confirming a diagnosis
with postbronchodilator spirometry. Because of the clinical heterogeneity and the reality that …

Pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

B McCarthy, D Casey, D Devane… - Cochrane database …, 2015‏ - cochranelibrary.com
Background Widespread application of pulmonary rehabilitation (also known as respiratory
rehabilitation) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should be preceded by …

Prevention of acute exacerbations of COPD: American college of chest physicians and Canadian thoracic society guideline

GJ Criner, J Bourbeau, RL Diekemper, DR Ouellette… - Chest, 2015‏ - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: COPD is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States as
well as throughout the rest of the world. An exacerbation of COPD (periodic escalations of …

The clinical and genetic features of COPD-asthma overlap syndrome

M Hardin, M Cho, ML McDonald… - European …, 2014‏ - publications.ersnet.org
Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are an
important but poorly characterised group. The genetic determinants of COPD and asthma …

Identifying individuals with physcian diagnosed COPD in health administrative databases

AS Gershon, C Wang, J Guan… - COPD: Journal of …, 2009‏ - Taylor & Francis
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common chronic respiratory disease
responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. Population-based health administrative …

Patient adherence in COPD

J Bourbeau, SJ Bartlett - Thorax, 2008‏ - thorax.bmj.com
Patient adherence to treatment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is
essential to optimise disease management. As with other chronic diseases, poor adherence …