- ►rsmjournals.com DA Seamark, CJ Seamark, DMG Halpin - JRSM, 2007 - jrsm.rsmjournals.com Predicting prognosis has been difficult in COPD due to the variable illness
trajectory. However, assessment of severity of lung function impairment,
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DV Godoy, RF Godoy, B Becker Júnior, PF … - Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2005 - SciELO Brasil The study involved adults of both genders with COPD, staged asmoderate and
severe, corresponding to stages and as defined bythe Global Initiative for
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AM Yohannes - Health and quality of life outcomes, 2007 - biomedcentral.com Abstract Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of
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D Goodridge - International journal of palliative nursing, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Based on 2004 data, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth
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DH Au, EM Udris, SD Fihn, MB McDonell, JR … - Archives of Internal Medicine, 2006 - Am Med Assoc Results In the last 6 months of life, patients with COPD were more likely to
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SA Murray, H Pinnock, A Sheikh - Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 2006 - thepcrj.org Summary The need to extend the palliative care approach to people dying with a
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CA Dowson, GI Town, C Frampton, RT Mulder - Journal of psychosomatic research, 2004 - Elsevier Of 47 people approached, 39 participated; 41% had panic attacks, 33% general
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SA Murray, A Sheikh - British Medical Journal, 2008 - bmj.com Thissupplementisthe resultofa gauntlet throwndown,andpickedup,duringadinner in
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