Dyspnea is a distressing, debilitating, and near-ubiquitous symptom affecting patients with
COPD. In addition to the functional consequences of dyspnea, which include activity …

Background People living with serious respiratory illness experience a high burden of
distressing symptoms. Although opioids are prescribed for symptom management, they …

Background: Both lung transplant recipients and candidates are characterised by reduced
training capacity and low average quality of life (QoL). This review investigates the impact of …

Objective: To investigate whether inspiratory muscle training would contribute to the
improvement of exercise capacity, dyspnea perception and respiratory functions in lung …

Objective To describe the clinical and economic burden of severe asthma in France over 12
months. Methods Data were retrieved from the observational, prospective “Cohorte …

Breathlessness is common in the general population. Existing data were obtained primarily
with the uni-dimensional modified Medical Research Council breathlessness scale (mMRC) …

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of comprehensive, 8-week
outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programme consisting of 60-min sessions twice a …

Background Main risk factor for the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) is smoking, although only less than 1/3 of smokers develop clinically manifest …

Aims and objectives This study aims to compare the serum electrolyte levels of patients with
AECOPD and stable COPD and correlate them with the severity of exacerbation and …

Objective To establish an initial assessment of the decline with age for the 6-minute walk test
(6MWT) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Chinese older …