Introduction Self-management interventions with Written Action Plans and case
management support have been shown to improve outcomes in patients with chronic …

Rationale According to clinical trials, azithromycin taken daily for 1 year, decreased
exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives Effectiveness …

Background Exacerbations in severe COPD patients lead to challenges in terms of self-
management. This study is a “real-life” situation aiming to assess whether or not it is …

Background: There is no clear consensus on how to approach advance care planning (ACP)
with people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Aim: This study aimed to …

Introduction We describe the use of anti-IL-5 monoclonal antibodies from a COPD clinic, a
source other than traditional clinical trials. The objectives were to characterize the patient …

Methods Patients with a diagnosis of COPD and CHRF initiated on LTH-NIV in a
subspecialized COPD clinic at the Montreal Chest Institute of the McGill University Health …

Background: More successful integrated care approach includes care team and self-
management that emphasizes the patients' central role in managing their chronic disease …

This thesis explores the idea of quantifying expected urbanisation effects on groundwater
recharge. Medium-density urban neighbourhoods were applied to a predominantly …

Background We hypothesized that self-management education with the use of a written
action plan provided by a nurse case manager can help patients to gain the proper skills to …

J. Bourbeau, M. Sedeno, K. Metz, I. Drouin, A. Joubert, I. Ouellet, N. Saad Respiratory
Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada …