A consensus document for the selection of lung transplant candidates: 2014—an update from the Pulmonary Transplantation Council of the International Society for …

D Weill, C Benden, PA Corris, JH Dark… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The appropriate selection of lung transplant recipients is an important determinant of
outcomes. This consensus document is an update of the recipient selection guidelines …

Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary

J Vestbo, SS Hurd, AG Agustí, PW Jones… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health problem, and since 2001,
the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has published its strategy …

Effect of home noninvasive ventilation with oxygen therapy vs oxygen therapy alone on hospital readmission or death after an acute COPD exacerbation: a …

PB Murphy, S Rehal, G Arbane, S Bourke… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Outcomes after exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
requiring acute noninvasive ventilation (NIV) are poor and there are few treatments to …

Reduction in all-cause mortality with fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

DA Lipson, C Crim, GJ Criner, NC Day… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The IMPACT (Informing the Pathway of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Treatment) trial demonstrated a significant reduction in all-cause mortality (ACM) risk with …

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation

MA Spruit, SJ Singh, C Garvey… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is recognized as a core component of the
management of individuals with chronic respiratory disease. Since the 2006 American …

European Respiratory Society guidelines on long-term home non-invasive ventilation for management of COPD

B Ergan, S Oczkowski, B Rochwerg… - European respiratory …, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background While the role of acute non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has been shown to
improve outcome in acute life-threatening hypercapnic respiratory failure in COPD, the …

The clinical and economic burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the USA

AJ Guarascio, SM Ray, CK Finch… - … and Outcomes Research, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third most common cause of death in
the USA. In 2010, the cost of COPD in the USA was projected to be approximately US …

Analysis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations with the dual bronchodilator QVA149 compared with glycopyrronium and tiotropium (SPARK): a …

JA Wedzicha, M Decramer, JH Ficker… - The lancet Respiratory …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background We evaluated the effect of dual, longacting inhaled bronchodilator treatment on
exacerbations in patients with severe and very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary …

COPD–do the right thing

H Sandelowsky, UM Weinreich, BB Aarli, J Sundh… - BMC family …, 2021 - Springer
A gap exists between guidelines and real-world clinical practice for the management and
treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although this has narrowed in …

Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

MA Puhan, E Gimeno‐Santos… - … of systematic reviews, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Guidelines have provided positive recommendations for pulmonary
rehabilitation after exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but …