Field walking tests are commonly employed to evaluate exercise capacity, assess prognosis
and evaluate treatment response in chronic respiratory diseases. In recent years, there has …

Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation has become a standard of care for patients with
chronic lung diseases. This document provides a systematic, evidence-based review of the …

This systematic review examined the measurement properties of the 6-min walk test (6MWT),
incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) and endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT) in adults with …

Thirty-one consecutive patients with respiratory failure in whom treatment with intubation
and mechanical ventilation was being strongly considered received alternative ventilatory …

… Brian W. Carlin … Carlin, Carrieri-Kohlman, Emery, and Hodgkin represented the
AACVPR. Dr. Judah Skolnick served as the Liaison from the ACCP Health and Science …

Sleep is essential to human life. Sleep patterns are significantly disrupted in patients who are
hospitalized, particularly those in the intensive care unit. Sleep deprivation is pervasive in …

The use of office spirometry was recommended by the National Lung Health Education
Program (NLHEP) consensus conference in 1999 for detection and management of COPD. …

The multidisciplinary treatment of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), which includes exercise
training, self-management education, and psychosocial and nutritional intervention, is now a …

BACKGROUND: Successful inhalation therapy depends on the ability of patients with COPD
to properly use devices. We explored subjects' COPD knowledge, including education they …

Metastatic disease from colorectal carcinoma to the tracheobronchial tree has previously been
reported in only 15 cases. Various modalities of treatment have been attempted but have …