Background: People with known risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
are important targets for screening and early intervention. We sought to measure the …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of brief disease-specific education delivered in primary
care on objective measures of knowledge in individuals recently diagnosed with chronic …

Background Walking is frequently used in the exercise rehabilitation of patients with COPD.
Walking ability can be characterized by the two-parameter hyperbolic relationship between …

Objective To examine the usefulness of a symptom-based case-finding questionnaire (CFQ)
and the Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnea scale in identifying which individuals …

Background Patients with chronic respiratory diseases often have the simple goal of
wanting to walk for longer. We evaluated the properties of a patient goal-oriented, symptom-limited, …

BACKGROUND: The Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) has developed a clinical practice
guideline (CPG) regarding the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

RATIONALE rehabilitation of patients with COPD. The result from a single walk test is
commonly used as an outcome measure when evaluating the effectiveness of pulmonary …

METHODS: We estimated in clinically stable patients with moderate to severe COPD enrolled
in a pulmonary rehabilitation scritical programme. The participants completed four high …

Methods Patients with symptomatic chronic respiratory disease who were referred for a six
week course of PR were screened for eligibility. At enrolment to PR (baseline) the following …

C1q plays a key role in apoptotic cell and immune complex removal. Its absence contributes
to the loss of tolerance toward self structures and development of autoimmunity. C1q …