The aim of this study was to evaluate whether changes in regular physical activity (PA) affect
health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Importance Peritoneal metastasis in patients with locally advanced colon cancer (T4 stage)
is estimated to recur at a rate of approximately 25% at 3 years from surgical resection and is …

Background and objective To evaluate whether changes in regular physical activity ( PA ) in
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD ) affect the rate of …

Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) impair health-related quality
of life (HRQoL). It is unknown whether exacerbations requiring hospitalisation have an …

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is usually assessed using
FEV 1 to establish the diagnosis and the severity of the disease. However, COPD is now …

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a new method: a classification and regression
tree (CART) based on easily accessible measures to predict mortality in patients with …

Background Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) should be seen as a tool that provides an
overall view of the general clinical condition of a COPD patient. The aims of this study were …

Background The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases requires changes in health care
delivery. In COPD, telemedicine appears to be a useful tool. Our objective was to evaluate …

Objective Our aim was to assess the impact of comorbidities on existing COPD prognosis
scores. Patients and methods A total of 543 patients with COPD (FEV 1 <80% and FEV 1 /FVC …

OBJECTIVES To determine which easily available clinical factors are associated with
mortality in patients with stable COPD and if health-related quality of life (HRQoL) provides …