Home telemonitoring for patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Vianello, Andrea ^a   Fusello, Massimo ^b   Gubian, Lorenzo ^c   Rinaldo, Claudia ^a   Dario, Claudio ^d   Concas, Alessandra ^a   Saccavini, Claudio ^d   Battistella, Laura ^a   Pellizzon, Giulia ^d   Zanardi, Giuseppe ^e   Mancin, Silvia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Occupational Health Service   (Italy)

^c Regional Health Information System   (Italy)

^d IT Veneto s Research Centre for eHealth Innovation   (Italy)

^e City Hospitals of Treviso   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Health related quality of life; Hospitalization; Telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

ACUTE EXACERBATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE OXIMETER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; TELEMONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; ITALY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT ADMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85002793932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12890-016-0321-2     Document Type: Article

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