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Practice
Using COPD action plans to manage exacerbations
People at risk of COPD exacerbations should be given self-management plans to encourage them to respond to increased symptoms - but do patients use them?
Nutrition screening in patients with COPD
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are at increased risk of malnutrition. Nurses should ensure they screen patients and offer advice or referral
Very brief advice on smoking
A quick offer to support patients to quit smoking can be far more effective than telling them to stop. A short film that counts towards CPD can help nurses do this
Effect of recording site on pulse oximetry readings
An audit found clinically significant differences between ear and finger pulse oximetry readings during ambulatory oxygen assessments
Smoking cessation buddies in COPD
A buddy-led smoking cessation clinic can help patients with COPD to quit
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How to interpret spirometry results
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Reviewing home oxygen services
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Managing COPD
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Understanding spirometry
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Using action plans for COPD patients
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COPD and anxiety: its impact on patients’ lives
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'I’ve been made to feel like a number, not like a person'
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Can telehealth help patients with COPD?
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How to teach inhaler technique
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Identifying people at risk of fuel poverty to prevent excess winter deaths
News
COPD project scoops best practice award
A project to help Wirral patients with chronic lung diseases manage their own care has won a regional award for best practice.
UK one of worst in Europe for sharing spirometry data
Poor data sharing in the NHS is making it more difficult for nurses to treat patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a major international study.
COPD linked with increased heart failure risk
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is strongly and independently linked with an increased risk of heart failure, according to a study in the European Journal of Heart Failure.
COPD treatment guidance update released by NHS
NHS Evidence has published an update summarising latest research for clinicians treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Simple COPD score could help nurses predict exacerbation severity
Nurses can use a simple, eight-question test to accurately measure and predict the severity of symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to UK researchers.
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COPD patients requiring ventilation method transition are 'at higher risk'
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New COPD drug 'proves effective' in trials
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Diagnostic decision aid helps identify those for COPD testing
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Help with medicines for patients with long term conditions
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Respiratory strategy needs detail
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Urinary incontinence might be a symptom of COPD
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Lack of training in respiratory care reduces end of life choice
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Investing in primary care nurses improves practice clinical quality
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Vitamin D 'helps COPD patients'
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New post for top lung nurse
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