Tele-monitoring reduces exacerbation of COPD in the context of climate change-a randomized controlled trial

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jehn, Melissa ^a   Donaldson, Gavin ^b   Kiran, Bahar ^a   Liebers, Uta ^a   Mueller, Klaus ^c   Scherer, Dieter ^d   Endlicher, Wilfried ^e   Witt, Christian ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Institut for Social Economy   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity monitoring; Climate change; Exacerbation frequency; Heat stress; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH WORKER; HEATING; MONITORING SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TELEMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPD ASSESSMENT TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCOMOTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEMONITORING; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; GERMANY; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TELEMETRY;

AGED; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84891887094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-99     Document Type: Article

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