Medication nonadherence among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a result of affordability and lack of knowledge about medications, among other factors, and leads to increased ...

I saw this firsthand in my time working as a hospitalist—patients with COPD would continue to churn through the emergency department with exacerbations, never getting the help they needed between ...

Although slightly fewer than 1% of hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are complicated by sepsis, this complication increases the risk for in-hospital mortality fivefold, ...

Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 – commonly referred to as the ACA, hospitals and other healthcare facilities have been determined to meet the new standards of quality ...

Malnutrition, very severe airway obstruction, and the presence of three or more comorbidities were significant predictors of 180-day readmission for older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Findings from this multicenter randomized controlled trial showed that the transition bundle was associated with a lower risk of 7-day and 30-day hospital readmission from chronic obstructive ...

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For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, healing from home may be as good as receiving treatment in hospital, according to new research. “We know that pulmonary rehab is a highly ...

Malnutrition significantly increases the 180-day hospital readmission rates among patients 65 years or older with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), highlighting the importance of ...

For those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), regular physical activity can bring a host of benefits. Research links exercise to lower risk of COPD-related hospital admission as well as ...