AIMS To describe self-management, symptom monitoring and the associated influences among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. BACKGROUND Optimal self-management and monitoring of key symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease reduces dyspnoea and preventable hospitalizations. METHOD A prospective, descriptive survey design was used and data collected...

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common and frequently occurring disease, which not only has higher fatality rate, but also leads to loss of labor force an obvious decrease in the quality life course long-term patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease complicated anxiety depression are major public health problem. Objective: To investigate status anxiety, ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the disease spectrum, severity of airflow limitation, admission pattern, co-morbidities, and management of patients admitted for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. DESIGN Case series. SETTING An acute regional hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS Adult subjects admitted during January 2010 to December 2010 with the principal discharge diagnosis of...

Background: The most important problem of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients is acute exacerbation. Researching this experience and examining its relationship with death extremely in patient care. Methods: This study was conducted to reveal the experiences individ

INTRODUCTION Dysvascular amputations are increasingly performed in patients with underlying cardiac and pulmonary disorders. A limb prosthesis is rarely offered to patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease because of their inability to achieve the high energy expenditure required for prosthetic ambulation. We describe a case of successful prosthetic fitting and rehabilitation o...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the fifth leading cause of mortality in the world. This study reviews diet as a risk or protective factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mechanisms of malnutrition, undernutrition consequences on body functioning and how to modulate nutritional status of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. RECENT FINDINGS ...

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that neural respiratory drive, measured using diaphragm electromyogram (EMGdi) activity expressed as a percentage of maximum (EMGdi%max), is closely related to breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We also investigated whether neuroventilatory uncoupling contributes significantly to breathlessness intensity over an awareness of...

Background Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a known cause of secondary polycythemia with elevated erythropoietic demands in response to hypoxemia, anemia is relatively common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is related to increased mortality. However, little is currently known about the relationship between various iron parameters and disease severity ...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To better understand chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients' informational needs and associated factors using the Predisposing, Reinforcing and Enabling Causes in Educational Diagnosis and Evaluation model. BACKGROUND Despite the increase in the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, little research has been carried out on the information needs from a ...