Antibiotics for community‐acquired pneumonia in adult outpatients

S Pakhale, S Mulpuru, TJM Verheij… - Cochrane Database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is the third leading cause of death
worldwide and the first leading cause of death in low‐income countries. Community …

Reevaluation of diagnosis in adults with physician-diagnosed asthma

SD Aaron, KL Vandemheen, JM FitzGerald, M Ainslie… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although asthma is a chronic disease, the expected rate of spontaneous
remissions of adult asthma and the stability of diagnosis are unknown. Objective To …

Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions and their relation to all-cause urgent readmissions

C van Walraven, A Jennings, M Taljaard, I Dhalla… - Cmaj, 2011 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Urgent, unplanned hospital readmissions are increasingly being used to
gauge the quality of care. We reviewed urgent readmissions to determine which were …

2023 Canadian Thoracic Society guideline on pharmacotherapy in patients with stable COPD

J Bourbeau, M Bhutani, P Hernandez, SD Aaron… - Chest, 2023 - Elsevier
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient care must include confirming a diagnosis
with postbronchodilator spirometry. Because of the clinical heterogeneity and the reality that …

Optimal management of severe/refractory asthma

S Pakhale, S Mulpuru, M Boyd - Clinical Medicine Insights …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, affecting approximately 300 million
people worldwide. Asthma results in airway hyperresponsiveness, leading to paroxysmal …

Effectiveness of influenza vaccination on hospitalizations and risk factors for severe outcomes in hospitalized patients with COPD

S Mulpuru, L Li, L Ye, T Hatchette, MK Andrew… - Chest, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The effectiveness of influenza vaccination in reducing influenza-related
hospitalizations among patients with COPD is not well described, and influenza vaccination …

Patterns of health care use in a high-cost inpatient population in Ottawa, Ontario: a retrospective observational study

PE Ronksley, JA McKay, DM Kobewka… - … Open Access Journal, 2015 - cmajopen.ca
Background A small proportion of patients account for the majority of health care spending.
We used detailed clinical and administrative data to explore clinical characteristics, patterns …

[HTML][HTML] Advance care planning after hospital discharge: qualitative analysis of facilitators and barriers from patient interviews

V Peck, S Valiani, P Tanuseputro, S Mulpuru… - BMC palliative …, 2018 - Springer
Background Patients who engage in Advance Care Planning (ACP) are more likely to get
care consistent with their values. We sought to determine the barriers and facilitators to ACP …

Comparing the hospital frailty risk score and the clinical frailty scale among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation

M Chin, T Kendzerska, J Inoue, M Aw… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Frailty is associated with severe morbidity and mortality among people with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Interventions such as pulmonary …

Factors contributing to high-cost hospital care for patients with COPD

S Mulpuru, J McKay, PE Ronksley… - … journal of chronic …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of hospital admission,
the fifth leading cause of death in North America, and is estimated to cost …