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John R. Hurst

Researcher at University College London

Publications -  344
Citations -  16669

John R. Hurst is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: COPD & Exacerbation. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 281 publications receiving 12644 citations. Previous affiliations of John R. Hurst include Royal College of Physicians & Boston University.

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Early therapy improves outcomes of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

TL;DR: Patient recognition of exacerbation symptoms and prompt treatment improves exacerbation recovery, reduces risks of hospitalization, and is associated with a better health-related quality of life.
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'Long-COVID': a cross-sectional study of persisting symptoms, biomarker and imaging abnormalities following hospitalisation for COVID-19.

TL;DR: Systematic follow-up after hospitalisation with COVID-19 identifies the trajectory of physical and psychological symptom burden, recovery of blood biomarkers and imaging which could be used to inform the need for rehabilitation and/or further investigation.
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Airway and systemic inflammation and decline in lung function in patients with COPD.

TL;DR: In COPD, airway and systemic inflammatory markers increase over time; high levels of these markers are associated with a faster decline in lung function, and patients whose IL-6 exceeded the group median had a faster FEV1%Pred decline.