Patient and healthcare professional factors influencing end-of-life decision-making during critical illness: a systematic review
Objectives: The need for better understanding of end-of-life care has never been greater.
Debate about recent US healthcare system reforms has highlighted that end-of-life decision …
Debate about recent US healthcare system reforms has highlighted that end-of-life decision …
Acidosis, non-invasive ventilation and mortality in hospitalised COPD exacerbations
CM Roberts, RA Stone, RJ Buckingham, NA Pursey… - Thorax, 2011 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Reports of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) use in clinical practice reveal higher
mortality rates than in corresponding randomised clinical trials. Aim To explore factors …
mortality rates than in corresponding randomised clinical trials. Aim To explore factors …
Hyperglycaemia as a predictor of outcome during non-invasive ventilation in decompensated COPD
B Chakrabarti, RM Angus, S Agarwal, S Lane… - Thorax, 2009 - thorax.bmj.com
Rationale: Hyperglycaemia predicts a poor outcome in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients.
Whether this is true for respiratory failure necessitating non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is not …
Whether this is true for respiratory failure necessitating non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is not …
Implications of prognostic pessimism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma admitted to intensive care in the UK within the COPD …
MJ Wildman, C Sanderson, J Groves, BC Reeves… - Bmj, 2007 - bmj.com
Objective To determine whether clinicians' prognoses in patients with severe acute
exacerbations of obstructive lung disease admitted to intensive care match observed …
exacerbations of obstructive lung disease admitted to intensive care match observed …
The prognostic variables predictive of mortality in patients with an exacerbation of COPD admitted to the ICU: an integrative review
B Messer, J Griffiths, SV Baudouin - QJM: An International …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Introduction: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) frequently presents
with an acute exacerbation (AECOPD). Debate exists as to whether these patients should be …
with an acute exacerbation (AECOPD). Debate exists as to whether these patients should be …
Five‐year outcome in COPD patients after their first episode of acute exacerbation treated with non‐invasive ventilation
LP Chung, P Winship, S Phung, F Lake… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective: Little is known about long‐term survival of patients surviving the
first episode of type II respiratory failure requiring non‐invasive ventilation (NIV). We aimed …
first episode of type II respiratory failure requiring non‐invasive ventilation (NIV). We aimed …
[HTML][HTML] A new measure of acute physiological derangement for patients with exacerbations of obstructive airways disease: the COPD and Asthma Physiology Score
MJ Wildman, DA Harrison, CA Welch, C Sanderson - Respiratory medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Decisions about how to treat patients with acute exacerbations of
obstructive airways disease—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma or …
obstructive airways disease—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma or …
Predicting mortality for patients with exacerbations of COPD and Asthma in the COPD and Asthma Outcome Study (CAOS)
MJ Wildman, C Sanderson, J Groves… - … Journal of Medicine, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Introduction: Decisions about the intensity of treatment for patients with acute exacerbations
of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are influenced by predictions about …
of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are influenced by predictions about …
UK intensivists' preferences for patient admission to ICU: evidence from a choice experiment
CR Bassford, N Krucien, M Ryan, FE Griffiths… - Critical care …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Deciding whether to admit a patient to the ICU requires considering several
clinical and nonclinical factors. Studies have investigated factors associated with the …
clinical and nonclinical factors. Studies have investigated factors associated with the …
Survival and quality of life for patients with COPD or asthma admitted to intensive care in a UK multicentre cohort: the COPD and Asthma Outcome Study (CAOS)
MJ Wildman, CFB Sanderson, J Groves, BC Reeves… - Thorax, 2009 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: Non-invasive ventilation is first-line treatment for patients with acutely
decompensated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but endotracheal …
decompensated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but endotracheal …