Patients with chronic respiratory failure who meet usage criteria will have more access to respiratory assist devices.

But now, wearable technology may be a close second best friend to a COPD patient. “I believe in education, and if this wearable prototype could help me in the present and/or future, I would be ...

The Alliance for Patient Access today announced the launch of the COPD Action Alliance, a national advocacy coalition that unites stakeholders at the state and federal level through a patient ...

COPD patients who receive intensive guidance from a hospital pharmacist during their stay use their inhalation medication more correctly and with greater confidence. This was shown in a study ...

Inhaler misuse was high in hospitalized patients with COPD, with 69.4% of all inhalers at admission found to be misused, according to results published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases ...

The Mary P. Kennedy Patient Support Group The Mary P. Kennedy Patient Support Group has met quarterly since 2002 and is co-sponsored by the UAB ILD Program and the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Long-term health care utilization is greater among patients with COPD who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are unvaccinated.

"Education is key to increasing the effectiveness of inhaled medications, and many clinicians – and often even the patients themselves – are unaware that patients are having difficulty getting ...

And, today, patients are at risk of confusing the primary active ingredient in eucalyptus — the monoterpene 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol, which has been shown to reduce COPD exacerbations when used ...

Similarly, patients with arthritis and comorbid COPD vs. without COPD had a significantly heightened adjusted risk for CVD mortality (aHR = 1.29; 95% CI, 1.08-1.53; P < .001), according to the study.

Education - Patient Care - PFILD . The ILD Conference . This conference, coordinated by Drs. Joao de Andrade and Joseph Barney, is attended by the Pulmonary Fellows and faculty from the Interstitial ...