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Martin J. Connolly
Researcher at University of Auckland
Publications - 59
Citations - 3546
Martin J. Connolly is an academic researcher from University of Auckland. The author has contributed to research in topics: COPD & Asthma. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 56 publications receiving 3328 citations. Previous affiliations of Martin J. Connolly include University of Manchester & Veterans Health Administration.
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Depression in elderly outpatients with disabling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
TL;DR: Depressive symptoms are common in elderly patients with COPD; prevalence and/or severity of depressive symptoms may be greater in those who are most disabled.
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Respiratory Rehabilitation, Exercise Capacity and Quality of Life in Chronic Airways Disease in Old Age
TL;DR: Elderly patients with COAD tolerate intensive respiratory rehabilitation and a controlled, blinded study is needed to assess repeatability of the 6-minute walk test and its relation to quality of life in elderly patients with chronic obstructive airways disease.
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Life and Living in Advanced Age: A Cohort Study in New Zealand -Te Puāwaitanga o Nga Tapuwae Kia Ora Tonu, LiLACS NZ: Study protocol
Karen Hayman,Ngaire Kerse,Lorna Dyall,Mere Kepa,Ruth Teh,Carol Wham,Valerie Wright-St Clair Clair,Janine Wiles,Sally Keeling,Martin J. Connolly,Tim J Wilkinson,Simon A. Moyes,Joanna Broad,Santosh Jatrana +13 more
TL;DR: The study aimed to establish predictors of successful advanced ageing and understand the relative importance of health, frailty, cultural, social & economic factors to successful ageing for Māori and non-Māori in New Zealand.
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Oxygen Desaturation on Swallowing as a Potential Marker of Aspiration in Acute Stroke
TL;DR: A fall in SaO2 on swallowing fluid is common in patients with acute stroke; the presence or absence of desaturation agrees statistically with SLT assessment of aspiration;SaO2 measures may aid bedside assessment of swallowing.
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Admissions to hospital with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: effect of age related factors and service organisation
Martin J. Connolly,Derek Lowe,Kathryn Anstey,Harold S.R. Hosker,Michael Pearson,Chris Roberts +5 more
TL;DR: Inpatient and 90 day mortality is approximately three times higher in very elderly patients with a COPD exacerbation than in younger patients, and recommended standards of care should be applied equally to elderly Patients with an exacerbation of COPD.