Gordon H. Guyatt

TL;DR: An inhospital educational intervention improved knowledge and, possibly, quality of life and may be useful as part of a comprehensive compliance enhancing strategy in patients with HF.

TL;DR: Given the intermediate pre-test probabilities that would probably lead to performing TNAB, findings of "malignant" or of a specific diagnosis of a benign condition provide definitive results.

TL;DR: Key recommendations include administration of oral and, as necessary, intravenous hydration; systematic monitoring of vital signs and volume status; availability of key biochemical testing; adequate staffing ratios; and availability of analgesics, including opioids, for pain relief.

TL;DR: Self-administration and standardisation of the Chronic respiratory questionnaire maintains validity and responsiveness relative to the interviewer-administered chronic respiratory questionnaire, and challenges the assumption that interviewer- administered questionnaires are superior to self- Administered questionnaires in older patients with chronic respiratory disease.

TL;DR: Large improvements in dyspnea, fatigue, and emotional function seen in patients undergoing treatment optimization were comparable using blind and informed methods, suggesting that by letting patients see their previous responses the authors can decrease the sample size needed to detect changes in quality of life in clinical trials.