Activating primary care COPD patients with multi|morbidity ...

Treating COPD in Chronic Patients in a Primary-Care Setting

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most important causes of this morbidity and mortality, and its prevalence and consequences are ...

Reducing the Risk of Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ...

Smoking cessation, long-term oxygen therapy, noninvasive ventilation, and lung volume reduction surgery have had a beneficial effect on mortality; however, ...

Rural Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevention Toolkit

ways to manage COPD symptoms and reduce morbidity. ... In addition to medications, primary care providers may prescribe supplemental oxygen to ...

Chronic Bronchitis: Primary Care Management - AAFP

... and activation of the inhaler. Proper ... Standards for the diagnosis and care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Effect of a Hospital-Initiated Program Combining Transitional Care ...

The program aimed to improve quality of life and reduce acute care use among patients with COPD. The study's primary hypothesis was that ...

Feasibility of using patient-facing technology for the identification of ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a prevalent chronic condition encountered in primary care, a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, ...

GOLD in Practice: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ...

Clinicians in the primary care setting provide the majority of COPD care and are pivotal in the diagnosis and management of COPD. In this review ...

COPD Clinical Trials - Mayo Clinic Research

The purpose of this study is to assess and characterize health care utilization along with a survey-based parameter of demographic, functional and physiologic ...

Accuracy of diagnosis of COPD and factors associated with ...

Our results confirm that COPD misdiagnosis is common in primary care and in particular that under-diagnosis is a major problem.

COPD in Primary Care: Key Considerations for Optimized ...

have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),1 a complex, heteroge- neous respiratory condition characterized by persistent, and.

Preventing Chronic Disease - CDC

morbidities on health care outcomes among people ... The primary care practitioner caring for COPD patients with comorbidities should manage multiple medical and.

GOLD COPD categories are not fit for purpose in primary care

For example, the GOLD guideline indicates the primacy of smoking as a cause and future risk in terms of disease progression and mortality, but smoking is not ...

Challenges to the Application of Integrated, Personalized Care for ...

Abstract: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a complex disease defined by airflow limitation and characterized by a spectrum of ...

Patterns of Comorbidities in Newly Diagnosed COPD and Asthma in ...

There is increasing interest in the frequency and nature of comorbidities in patients with obstructive lung disease: COPD and asthma.

Activation in COPD and Education Session

In addition, that greater activation determined greater daily activity after educational intervention was not found to be conditioned by the impact of COPD on ...

Concomitant diagnosis of asthma and COPD: a quantitative study in ...

It was found that concurrent asthma and COPD diagnosis affected a relative minority of patients in primary care with either asthma (14.8%) or COPD (14.5%), ...

Does an Integrated Care Intervention for COPD Patients Have Long ...

Implementation of the COPD-Home integrated disease management (IDM) intervention at discharge after hospitalizations for acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) ...

Integrated care improves quality of life for people with COPD

An integrated disease management (IDM) and structured follow up intervention reduces severe exacerbations and urgent primary care visits in people with high ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

COPD is a common lung disease causing restricted airflow and breathing problems. It is sometimes called emphysema or chronic bronchitis.

Self-management and patient activation in COPD patients

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is associated with multiple health problems including physical and psychological ...