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Effect of telehealth on acute and emergency care
Telehealth can exploit modern technology to allow patients to manage their conditions at home, reducing the need for primary care and hospital visits
Care bundles reduce readmissions for COPD
A care bundle for patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease enabled nurses to improve the care pathway and reduce readmissions
Inhaler spacer devices to treat asthma in children
More than one million children in the UK have asthma. Those who use spacers with their inhalers have a better chance of getting an effective drug dose
Symptom "accommodation" in patients with COPD
Patients with COPD often learn to cope with or “accommodate” their symptoms, which presents a challenge for nurses in terms of assessment and treatment.
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?
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Nutrition screening in patients with COPD
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Very brief advice on smoking
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Effect of recording site on pulse oximetry readings
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Smoking cessation buddies in COPD
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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
News
Bronchiectasis poses deadly risk for COPD patients
New research warns health professionals that patients with COPD are more likely to die from bronchiectasis.
Help asthma patients recycle inhalers
Nurses are being urged to encourage patients to recycle their inhalers.
Risk of death for women smokers rises
Women smokers are far more likely to be killed by their habit today than they were in the 1960s, a major study has found.
New COPD treatment launched
A new treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has been launched in the UK.
COPD patients aided by antibiotics
Taking antibiotics can help patients with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Spanish researchers have found.
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Tai Chi effective therapy for COPD
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COPD project scoops best practice award
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UK one of worst in Europe for sharing spirometry data
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COPD linked with increased heart failure risk
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COPD treatment guidance update released by NHS
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Simple COPD score could help nurses predict exacerbation severity
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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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