Jacobus Adrianus Maria van der Palen

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of self management interventions in COPD is presented, showing that self-management interventions help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) acquire and practise the skills they need to carry out disease-specific medical regimens, guide changes in health behaviour and provide emotional support to enable patients to control their disease.

TL;DR: This study indicates that discontinuation of FP in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with a more rapid onset and higher recurrence-risk of exacerbations and a significant deterioration in aspects of Health-Related Quality of Life.

TL;DR: SDD should not be applied in outbreak settings when resistant bacteria are prevalent, and segmented regression analysis showed a highly significant relationship between SDD and resistance to tobramycin.

TL;DR: Presence of CTC in breast cancer patients before undergoing surgery with curative intent is associated with an increased risk for breast cancer-related death, and CTC, progesterone receptor and N-stage were independent predictors of BRD in multivariate analysis.

TL;DR: Consensus is reached regarding a conceptual definition of what should be a COPD self-management intervention, clarifying the requisites for such an intervention and operationalisation in the near future will be an essential next step.