Publications by authors named "Kaissa de Boer"
Article Synopsis
- Researchers studied how pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) affects survival in patients with a lung disease called fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD).
- They looked at the 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) of patients before and after PR to see if walking farther made a difference in surviving longer.
- Results showed that patients who improved their 6MWD during PR had a better chance of living longer, and those who attended most of their PR sessions were even less likely to die.
Accurate diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) is crucial for management and prognosis but can be challenging even for experienced clinicians. Expert multidisciplinary discussion (MDD) is considered the reference standard for ILD diagnosis; however, there remain concerns regarding lack of validation studies and relative limited information on the impact of MDD in real-life clinical practice. The goal of this study was to assess the effect of MDD in providing a specific ILD diagnosis, changing the diagnosis provided upon referral, and to determine how often and in which way MDD altered management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNarrative reviews are frequently accessed; however, the content and quality of review articles on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have not been assessed. A systematic review assessed content and quality of narrative review articles that addressed the diagnosis or management of IPF and were published from 2001 to 2015. Article recommendations were assessed relative to contemporary IPF guidelines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe objective of this study was to develop a diagnostic model that allows for a highly specific diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis using clinical and radiological variables alone. Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other interstitial lung disease cases were retrospectively identified from a longitudinal database. High-resolution CT scans were blindly scored for radiographic features (eg, ground-glass opacity, mosaic perfusion) as well as the radiologist's diagnostic impression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCo-morbidities in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are common. These co-morbidities include obstructive sleep apnoea, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, pulmonary hypertension and depression. The presence of co-morbidities among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis contributes to worse quality of life, morbidity and mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Despite advances in treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF), pulmonary exacerbations remain common. The aim of this study was to determine if frequent pulmonary exacerbations are associated with greater declines in lung function, or an accelerated time to death or lung transplantation in adults with CF.
Methods: A 3-year prospective cohort study was conducted on 446 adult patients with CF from Ontario, Canada who could spontaneously produce sputum.