Personalized Medication Adherence Management in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Review of Effective Interventions and Development of a Practical Adherence Toolkit.

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 Nov;9(11):3979

The management of medication nonadherence of patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains challenging. Given the...

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INTREPID: single- multiple-inhaler triple therapy for COPD in usual clinical practice.

ERJ Open Res. 2021 Apr;7(2)

Real-world trial data comparing single- with multiple-inhaler triple therapy (MITT) in COPD patients are currently lacking. The effectiveness of...

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Brazilian version of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire, administered by interview: reliability and validity measurement properties.

J Bras Pneumol. 2021 ;47(3):e20200371

To test the reliability, validity, and interpretability of the Brazilian version of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) in patients with COPD.

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Expert Statement: Pneumothorax Associated with One-Way Valve Therapy for Emphysema: 2020 Update.

Respiration. 2021 ;100(10):969

For selected patients with advanced emphysema, bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with one-way valves can lead to clinically relevant improvements...

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Towards Rational Prescription of Common Inhaler Medication in the Multimorbid COPD Patient.

Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2021 ;16:1315

COPD is a chronic disease, typically accompanied by multiple comorbid conditions. The need to apply several, and sometimes conflicting,...

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Reply to the editor concerning: Effect of frenotomy on breastfeeding and reflux: results from the BRIEF prospective longitudinal cohort study.

Clin Oral Investig. 2021 Aug;25(8):5115

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Aeroallergen sensitization for detecting asthma in primary care: A diagnostic test accuracy study.

Clin Exp Allergy. 2021 Aug;51(8):1080

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Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning in Respiratory Medicine and Potential Role in Asthma and COPD Diagnosis.

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 Jun;9(6):2255

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, a subset of AI, are increasingly used in medicine. AI excels at performing well-defined tasks,...

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Work absence in patients with asthma and/or COPD: a population-based study.

NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2021 Feb;31(1):9

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma impact on work productivity, but their population-based burden and clinical predictors are...

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ERS International Congress 2020: highlights from the General Pneumology Assembly.

ERJ Open Res. 2021 Jan;7(1)

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) accepted 4062 abstracts for presentation at the ERS International Congress in 2020. Although the conference...

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Advancing the Patient EXperience (APEX) in COPD Registry: Study Design and Strengths.

J Am Board Fam Med. 2021 ;34(1):22

The Advancing the Patient Experience (APEX) in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) registry (https://www.apexcopd.org/) is the first primary...

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Developing a clinical prediction rule for repeated consultations with functional somatic symptoms in primary care: a cohort study.

BMJ Open. 2021 Jan;11(1):e040730

Patients who present in primary care with chronic functional somatic symptoms (FSS) have reduced quality of life and increased health care costs....

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