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Protocol for regional implementation of collaborative self-management services to promote physica... more Protocol for regional implementation of collaborative self-management services to promote physical activity. This file includes the specific details of each of the three protocols described in the main manuscript. (DOC 531 kb)
Annex 1 - Method for ASsessment of Telemedicine (mini-MAST). (DOCX 22 kb)
Table S1. Population-based protocol. (DOCX 26 kb)
Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2021
Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing, Jan 3, 2018
Dual-chamber (DDD) pacing has been used for treatment of patients with hypertrophic obstructive c... more Dual-chamber (DDD) pacing has been used for treatment of patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). Due to inconclusive results in prior trials, current guidelines assign DDD pacing a class IIb indication in selected patients. Prior observations indicate that lack of clinical improvement may result from suboptimal effect of DDD pacing with non-physiological AV intervals due to fusion of intrinsic and paced QRS complex. The Triple Chamber Pacing in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Patients (TRICHAMPION) trial is a prospective, randomized, single-blinded, multicenter study to investigate the benefit of atrial synchronous biventricular pacing (CRT-P) in highly symptomatic HOCM patients with severe left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction who are not candidates for ablative therapies. AV node ablation is used as key tool to optimize AV intervals in patients with QRS fusion. The primary endpoint is the percentage of patients with symptomatic improvement...
Annals of surgery, Jan 9, 2017
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of personalized prehabilitation on postoperative c... more The aim of this study was to assess the impact of personalized prehabilitation on postoperative complications in high-risk patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery. Prehabilitation, including endurance exercise training and promotion of physical activity, in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery has been postulated as an effective preventive intervention to reduce postoperative complications. However, the existing studies provide controversial results and show a clear bias toward low-risk patients. This was a randomized blinded controlled trial. Eligible candidates accepting to participate were blindly randomized (1:1 ratio) to control (standard care) or intervention (standard care + prehabilitation) groups. Inclusion criteria were: i) age >70 years; and/or, ii) American Society of Anesthesiologists score III/IV. Prehabilitation covered 3 actions: i) motivational interview; ii) high-intensity endurance training; and promotion of physical activity. The main study...
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics, Jan 8, 2017
Forced spirometry testing is gradually becoming available across different healthcare tiers inclu... more Forced spirometry testing is gradually becoming available across different healthcare tiers including primary care. It has been demonstrated in earlier work that commercially available spirometers are not fully able to assure the quality of individual spirometry manoeuvres. Thus a need to expand the availability of high quality spirometry assessment beyond specialist pulmonary centres has arisen. In this work we propose a method to select and optimise a classifier using supervised learning techniques by learning from previously classified forced spirometry tests from a group of experts. Such a method is able to take into account the shape of the curve as an expert would during visual inspection. We evaluated the final classifier on a dataset put aside for evaluation yielding an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.88 and specificities of 0.91 and 0.86 for sensitivities of 0.60 and 0.82. Furthermore, other specificities and sensitivities along the ROC curve wer...
The European respiratory journal, 2017
This document summarises an update to the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/American Thoracic So... more This document summarises an update to the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) technical standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung that was last updated in 2005. The full standards are also available online as https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00016-2016 The major changes in these technical standards relate to DLCO measurement with systems using rapidly responding gas analysers for carbon monoxide and the tracer gas, which are now the most common type of DLCO instrumentation being manufactured. Technical improvements and the increased capability afforded by these new systems permit enhanced measurement of DLCO and the opportunity to include other optional measures of lung function.
The European respiratory journal, 2017
This document provides an update to the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/American Thoracic Soci... more This document provides an update to the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) technical standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung that was last updated in 2005. Although both DLCO (diffusing capacity) and TLCO (transfer factor) are valid terms to describe the uptake of carbon monoxide in the lung, the term DLCO is used in this document. A joint taskforce appointed by the ERS and ATS reviewed the recent literature on the measurement of DLCO and surveyed the current technical capabilities of instrumentation being manufactured around the world. The recommendations in this document represent the consensus of the taskforce members in regard to the evidence available for various aspects of DLCO measurement. Furthermore, it reflects the expert opinion of the taskforce members on areas in which peer-reviewed evidence was either not available or was incomplete. The major changes in these technical standards relate to DLCO measurement with sys...
International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016
Objective: To assess knowledge, attitudes, and preferences regarding inhaled therapy among Spanis... more Objective: To assess knowledge, attitudes, and preferences regarding inhaled therapy among Spanish community pharmacists.Methods: An 11-item questionnaire was developed and distributed to community pharmacists throughout the country. Data collected included demographics, the source of knowledge of inhaler use, known and preferred devices, steps for correct use of metered-dose (pMDI) and dry-powder (DPI) inhalers, important variables when prescribing an inhaler device, patient education, and checking inhaler technique.Results: Of a total of 3000 questionnaires delivered, 1722 (57.4%) were returned. The most common source of knowledge was the package insert (46.9%) followed by personal experience (33.3%). DiskusTM and TurbuhalerTM were the best-known devices (96.4% and 93.4%), and DPIs the preferred inhalers. Although more than half of the surveyed pharmacists were aware of the most important step for correct inhalation with pMDI and DPI, only 18% identified the correct answer ‘Patien...
European Respiratory Journal, 2016
The estimated prevalence of ventilator-dependent individuals in Europe is 6.6 per 100 000 people.... more The estimated prevalence of ventilator-dependent individuals in Europe is 6.6 per 100 000 people. The increasing number and costs of these complex patients make present health organisations largely insufficient to face their needs. As a consequence, their burden lays mostly over families. The need to reduce healthcare costs and to increase safety has prompted the development of tele-monitoring for home ventilatory assistance.A European Respiratory Society Task Force produced a literature research based statement on commonly accepted clinical criteria for indications, follow-up, equipment, facilities, legal and economic issues of tele-monitoring of these patients.Many remote health monitoring systems are available, ensuring safety, feasibility, effectiveness, sustainability and flexibility to face different patients' needs. The legal problems associated with tele-monitoring are still controversial. National and European Union (EU) governments should develop guidelines and ethical...
Chest, Sep 25, 2016
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal lung disease with limited response... more Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal lung disease with limited response to currently available therapies. Alveolar type II cells (ATII) act as progenitor cells in the adult lung, contributing to alveolar repair during pulmonary injury. However, in IPF ATII die and are replaced by fibroblasts and myofibroblasts. In previous preclinical studies, we demonstrated that ATII intratracheal-transplantation was able to reduce pulmonary fibrosis. The main objective of this study was to investigate the safety and tolerability of ATII intratracheal-transplantation in IPF patients. We enrolled 16 patients with moderate and progressive IPF who underwent ATII intratracheal-transplantation by fiber-optic bronchoscopy. We evaluated the safety and tolerability of ATII transplantation by the emergent adverse side-effects within 12-months. Moreover, pulmonary function, respiratory symptoms and disease extent during 12-months of follow-up were assessed. No significant adverse e...
Programa formativo EPOC Módulo 3. Espirometría y otras pruebas funcionales respiratorias Consell ... more Programa formativo EPOC Módulo 3. Espirometría y otras pruebas funcionales respiratorias Consell Català de Formació Continuada Professions Sanitàries S
Protocol for regional implementation of collaborative self-management services to promote physica... more Protocol for regional implementation of collaborative self-management services to promote physical activity. This file includes the specific details of each of the three protocols described in the main manuscript. (DOC 531 kb)
Annex 1 - Method for ASsessment of Telemedicine (mini-MAST). (DOCX 22 kb)
Table S1. Population-based protocol. (DOCX 26 kb)
Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2021
Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing, Jan 3, 2018
Dual-chamber (DDD) pacing has been used for treatment of patients with hypertrophic obstructive c... more Dual-chamber (DDD) pacing has been used for treatment of patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). Due to inconclusive results in prior trials, current guidelines assign DDD pacing a class IIb indication in selected patients. Prior observations indicate that lack of clinical improvement may result from suboptimal effect of DDD pacing with non-physiological AV intervals due to fusion of intrinsic and paced QRS complex. The Triple Chamber Pacing in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Patients (TRICHAMPION) trial is a prospective, randomized, single-blinded, multicenter study to investigate the benefit of atrial synchronous biventricular pacing (CRT-P) in highly symptomatic HOCM patients with severe left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction who are not candidates for ablative therapies. AV node ablation is used as key tool to optimize AV intervals in patients with QRS fusion. The primary endpoint is the percentage of patients with symptomatic improvement...
Annals of surgery, Jan 9, 2017
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of personalized prehabilitation on postoperative c... more The aim of this study was to assess the impact of personalized prehabilitation on postoperative complications in high-risk patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery. Prehabilitation, including endurance exercise training and promotion of physical activity, in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery has been postulated as an effective preventive intervention to reduce postoperative complications. However, the existing studies provide controversial results and show a clear bias toward low-risk patients. This was a randomized blinded controlled trial. Eligible candidates accepting to participate were blindly randomized (1:1 ratio) to control (standard care) or intervention (standard care + prehabilitation) groups. Inclusion criteria were: i) age >70 years; and/or, ii) American Society of Anesthesiologists score III/IV. Prehabilitation covered 3 actions: i) motivational interview; ii) high-intensity endurance training; and promotion of physical activity. The main study...
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics, Jan 8, 2017
Forced spirometry testing is gradually becoming available across different healthcare tiers inclu... more Forced spirometry testing is gradually becoming available across different healthcare tiers including primary care. It has been demonstrated in earlier work that commercially available spirometers are not fully able to assure the quality of individual spirometry manoeuvres. Thus a need to expand the availability of high quality spirometry assessment beyond specialist pulmonary centres has arisen. In this work we propose a method to select and optimise a classifier using supervised learning techniques by learning from previously classified forced spirometry tests from a group of experts. Such a method is able to take into account the shape of the curve as an expert would during visual inspection. We evaluated the final classifier on a dataset put aside for evaluation yielding an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.88 and specificities of 0.91 and 0.86 for sensitivities of 0.60 and 0.82. Furthermore, other specificities and sensitivities along the ROC curve wer...
The European respiratory journal, 2017
This document summarises an update to the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/American Thoracic So... more This document summarises an update to the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) technical standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung that was last updated in 2005. The full standards are also available online as https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00016-2016 The major changes in these technical standards relate to DLCO measurement with systems using rapidly responding gas analysers for carbon monoxide and the tracer gas, which are now the most common type of DLCO instrumentation being manufactured. Technical improvements and the increased capability afforded by these new systems permit enhanced measurement of DLCO and the opportunity to include other optional measures of lung function.
The European respiratory journal, 2017
This document provides an update to the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/American Thoracic Soci... more This document provides an update to the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) technical standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung that was last updated in 2005. Although both DLCO (diffusing capacity) and TLCO (transfer factor) are valid terms to describe the uptake of carbon monoxide in the lung, the term DLCO is used in this document. A joint taskforce appointed by the ERS and ATS reviewed the recent literature on the measurement of DLCO and surveyed the current technical capabilities of instrumentation being manufactured around the world. The recommendations in this document represent the consensus of the taskforce members in regard to the evidence available for various aspects of DLCO measurement. Furthermore, it reflects the expert opinion of the taskforce members on areas in which peer-reviewed evidence was either not available or was incomplete. The major changes in these technical standards relate to DLCO measurement with sys...
International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016
Objective: To assess knowledge, attitudes, and preferences regarding inhaled therapy among Spanis... more Objective: To assess knowledge, attitudes, and preferences regarding inhaled therapy among Spanish community pharmacists.Methods: An 11-item questionnaire was developed and distributed to community pharmacists throughout the country. Data collected included demographics, the source of knowledge of inhaler use, known and preferred devices, steps for correct use of metered-dose (pMDI) and dry-powder (DPI) inhalers, important variables when prescribing an inhaler device, patient education, and checking inhaler technique.Results: Of a total of 3000 questionnaires delivered, 1722 (57.4%) were returned. The most common source of knowledge was the package insert (46.9%) followed by personal experience (33.3%). DiskusTM and TurbuhalerTM were the best-known devices (96.4% and 93.4%), and DPIs the preferred inhalers. Although more than half of the surveyed pharmacists were aware of the most important step for correct inhalation with pMDI and DPI, only 18% identified the correct answer ‘Patien...
European Respiratory Journal, 2016
The estimated prevalence of ventilator-dependent individuals in Europe is 6.6 per 100 000 people.... more The estimated prevalence of ventilator-dependent individuals in Europe is 6.6 per 100 000 people. The increasing number and costs of these complex patients make present health organisations largely insufficient to face their needs. As a consequence, their burden lays mostly over families. The need to reduce healthcare costs and to increase safety has prompted the development of tele-monitoring for home ventilatory assistance.A European Respiratory Society Task Force produced a literature research based statement on commonly accepted clinical criteria for indications, follow-up, equipment, facilities, legal and economic issues of tele-monitoring of these patients.Many remote health monitoring systems are available, ensuring safety, feasibility, effectiveness, sustainability and flexibility to face different patients' needs. The legal problems associated with tele-monitoring are still controversial. National and European Union (EU) governments should develop guidelines and ethical...
Chest, Sep 25, 2016
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal lung disease with limited response... more Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal lung disease with limited response to currently available therapies. Alveolar type II cells (ATII) act as progenitor cells in the adult lung, contributing to alveolar repair during pulmonary injury. However, in IPF ATII die and are replaced by fibroblasts and myofibroblasts. In previous preclinical studies, we demonstrated that ATII intratracheal-transplantation was able to reduce pulmonary fibrosis. The main objective of this study was to investigate the safety and tolerability of ATII intratracheal-transplantation in IPF patients. We enrolled 16 patients with moderate and progressive IPF who underwent ATII intratracheal-transplantation by fiber-optic bronchoscopy. We evaluated the safety and tolerability of ATII transplantation by the emergent adverse side-effects within 12-months. Moreover, pulmonary function, respiratory symptoms and disease extent during 12-months of follow-up were assessed. No significant adverse e...
Programa formativo EPOC Módulo 3. Espirometría y otras pruebas funcionales respiratorias Consell ... more Programa formativo EPOC Módulo 3. Espirometría y otras pruebas funcionales respiratorias Consell Català de Formació Continuada Professions Sanitàries S