W Xu

TL;DR: This study suggests a possible causal effect of depression on COPD exacerbations and hospitalizations and further studies are warranted to confirm this finding and to test the effectiveness of antidepressants and psychotherapies on reducing exacerbation and improving health resource utilizations.

TL;DR: A population-based nested case-control study of people aged 5-85 years who were registered with Saskatchewan Health and eligible for prescription-drug benefit to assess whether SSRI use was associated with a decreased risk of colorectal cancer, and tricyclic-antidepressant use with an increased risk of colon cancer.

TL;DR: Development and evaluation of self-management programmes emphasising early recognition of exacerbations and consequent action appear to be warranted.

TL;DR: This SGRQ-MC is a reliable, valid and responsive instrument for quality of life evaluation in COPD patients in China as it is culturally and clinically equivalent to other versions, and measures can be compared among countries.

TL;DR: BODE index might have potential to be used as a sensitive tool to assess the status of quality of life and to monitor disease progression among stable COPD patients and is associated with SGRQ score cross-sectionally and longitudinally among stable CopD patients.