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The feasibility and tolerability of using Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) with adults discharged from the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) (2021)
Journal Article
Pick, H., Faghy, M., Cresswell, G., Ashton, D., Bolton, C., McKeever, T., Lim, W., & Bewick, T. (2021). The feasibility and tolerability of using Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) with adults discharged from the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Advances in Respiratory Medicine, 89, 216-220. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2021.0002

Background: Patients experience substantial morbidity following discharge from hospital and during recovery from community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has demonstrated improved functional capacity and reduced patient-r... Read More about The feasibility and tolerability of using Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) with adults discharged from the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study (2020)
Journal Article
Siraj, R., McKeever, T., Gibson, J., Gordon, A., & Bolton, C. (2021). Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study. Respiratory Medicine, 177, Article 106288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2020.106288

Background: Although cognitive impairment and dementia are common comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), estimates of incidence following a diagnosis of COPD are inconclusive. Objective: To determine the incidenc... Read More about Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study.

Management of Fracture Risk in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Building a UK Consensus Through Healthcare Professional and Patient Engagement (2020)
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Gupta, A., Jayes, L. R., Holmes, S., Sahota, O., Canavan, M., Elkin, S. L., Lim, K., Murphy, A. C., Singh, S., Towlson, E. A., Ward, H., Scullion, J., McKeever, T. M., & Bolton, C. E. (2020). Management of Fracture Risk in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Building a UK Consensus Through Healthcare Professional and Patient Engagement. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 15, 1377-1390. https://doi.org/10.2147/copd.s233398

Introduction: Osteoporosis and bone fractures are common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality. Current national guidance on COPD management recommends addressing bone health in patien... Read More about Management of Fracture Risk in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Building a UK Consensus Through Healthcare Professional and Patient Engagement.

Patient reported outcome measures in the recovery of adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Pick, H. J., Bolton, C. E., Lim, W. S., & McKeever, T. M. (2019). Patient reported outcome measures in the recovery of adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review. European Respiratory Journal, 53(3), Article 1802165. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02165-2018

Symptomatic and functional recovery are important patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) that are increasingly used as trial endpoints. This systematic review summarises the literature on PROMs in CAP.

Comp... Read More about Patient reported outcome measures in the recovery of adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review.

Hip fracture outcomes in patients with COPD (2018)
Journal Article
Buss, L., McKeever, T. M., Nightingale, J., Akyea, R., Ollivere, B., Moppett, I., & Bolton, C. E. (2018). Hip fracture outcomes in patients with COPD. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 121(6), 1377-1379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2018.09.008+hideArticle+Info

Hip fractures are common in patients with COPD and contemporary outcome data is needed. Patients admitted with a hip fracture to one acute trust (2010-2015) were assessed prospectively (UK National Hip Fracture Database audit) and mortality data col... Read More about Hip fracture outcomes in patients with COPD.

Risk of fall in patients with COPD (2018)
Journal Article
Hakamy, A., Bolton, C. E., Gibson, J. E., & McKeever, T. M. (2018). Risk of fall in patients with COPD. Thorax, 73(11), 1079-1080. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211008

A matched cohort study was conducted to determine the incidence of falls in patients following a diagnosis of COPD using a UK primary care database. 44 400 patients with COPD and 175 545 non-COPD subjects were identified. The incidence rate of fall p... Read More about Risk of fall in patients with COPD.

The recording and characteristics of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD using The Health Information Network (THIN) primary care database (2017)
Journal Article
Hakamy, A., McKeever, T. M., Gibson, J. E., & Bolton, C. E. (in press). The recording and characteristics of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD using The Health Information Network (THIN) primary care database. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 27(1), Article 58. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-017-0058-2

Pulmonary rehabilitation is recommended for patients with COPD to improve physical function, breathlessness and quality of life. Using The Health Information Network (THIN) primary care database in UK, we compared the demographic and clinical paramet... Read More about The recording and characteristics of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD using The Health Information Network (THIN) primary care database.

The use of the practice walk test in pulmonary rehabilitation program: National COPD Audit Pulmonary Rehabilitation Workstream (2017)
Journal Article
Hakamy, A., McKeever, T. M., Steiner, M. C., Roberts, C. M., Singh, S. J., & Bolton, C. E. (in press). The use of the practice walk test in pulmonary rehabilitation program: National COPD Audit Pulmonary Rehabilitation Workstream. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 12, https://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S141620

Our aim was to evaluate the use and impact of the practice walk test on enrolment, completion, and clinical functional response to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) using the 2015 UK National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Pulmonary Rehabil... Read More about The use of the practice walk test in pulmonary rehabilitation program: National COPD Audit Pulmonary Rehabilitation Workstream.

The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on mortality, balance, and risk of fall in stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review (2016)
Journal Article
Hakamy, A., Bolton, C. E., & McKeever, T. M. (2017). The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on mortality, balance, and risk of fall in stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/1479972316661925

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of pulmonary rehabilitation on survival and fall (including balance) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at stability.

Design: Systematic Review.

Methods: OVID, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and... Read More about The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on mortality, balance, and risk of fall in stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review.