Evidence-based management approaches for patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A practice review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) face limited treatment options and inadequate access to palliative care.

Aim

To provide a pragmatic overview of clinical guidelines and produce evidence-based recommendations for severe COPD. Interventions for which there is inconsistent evidence to support their use and areas requiring further research were identified.

Design

Practice review of guidelines supported by scoping review methodology to examine the evidence reporting the use of guideline-recommended interventions.

Data sources

An electronic search was undertaken in MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL and The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, complemented by web searching for guidelines and publications providing primary evide

SUBMITTER: Fu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9087316 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature