Hospital Readmissions Among Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Treated With Arformoterol or Tiotropium

CHEST Journal ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 148 (4) ◽  
pp. 714A
Author(s):  
Mike Stensland ◽  
Vamsi Bollu ◽  
James Donohue
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Hospital Readmissions ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Effect of benzodiazepines in hospital readmissions and mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Rafael Teran Tinedo ◽  
Daniel Eduardo López Padilla ◽  
Alicia Oliva Ramos ◽  
Walter Giron Matute ◽  
Lourdes Vicent Alaminos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Hospital Readmissions ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scholarly journals Telehealth for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. e021865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violeta Gaveikaite ◽  
Claudia Fischer ◽  
Helen Schonenberg ◽  
Steffen Pauws ◽  
Spyros Kitsiou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Disease Severity ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Hospital Readmissions ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Cochrane Central Register ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

IntroductionChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent chronic disease characterised by persistent respiratory symptoms. A focus of COPD interventional studies is directed towards prevention of exacerbations leading to hospital readmissions. Telehealth as a method of remote patient monitoring and care delivery may be implemented to reduce hospital readmissions and improve self-management of disease. Prior reviews have not systematically assessed the efficacies of various telehealth functionalities in patients with COPD at different stages of disease severity. We aim to evaluate which COPD telehealth interventions, classified by their functionalities, are most effective in improving patient with COPD management measured by both clinical and resource utilisation outcomes.Methods and analysisWe will conduct a systematic review which will include randomised controlled trials comparing the efficacy of telehealth interventions versus standard care in patients with COPD with confirmed disease severity based on forced expiratory volume(%) levels. An electronic search strategy will be used to identify trials published since 2000 in MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINHAL. Telehealth is described as remote monitoring and delivery of care where patient data/clinical information is routinely or continuously collected and/or processed, presented to the patient and transferred to a clinical care institution for feedback, triage and intervention by a clinical specialist. Two authors will independently screen articles for inclusion, assess risk of bias and extract data. We will merge studies into a meta-analysis if the interventions, technologies, participants and underlying clinical questions are homogeneous enough. We will use a random-effects model, as we expect some heterogeneity between interventions. In cases where a meta-analysis is not possible, we will synthesise findings narratively. We will assess the quality of the evidence for the main outcomes using GRADE.Ethics and DisseminationResearch ethics approval is not required. The findings will be disseminated through publication in a peer-reviewed journal.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42018083671.

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