Publications by authors named "R Lecours"
Rationale: Short-term oxygen therapy (STOT) is often prescribed to allow patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to be discharged safely from hospital following an acute illness. This practice is widely accepted without being based on evidence.
Purpose: Our objective was to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients with COPD who received STOT.
Background: Although in patients with COPD, the approach to daytime hypoxemia using long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) is established, the best approach to transient nocturnal desaturation varies among clinicians. An understanding of the prevalence of nocturnal desaturation in COPD, in the absence of other respiratory co-morbidities, is an important step towards its standardized management.
Methods: We conducted a 5 site cross-sectional study of stable patients with COPD and mild-to-moderate daytime hypoxemia (PaO(2) 56-69 mmHg).
Background: Home-based rehabilitation is a promising approach to improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation.
Objective: To assess whether self-monitored, home-based rehabilitation is as effective as outpatient, hospital-based rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Design: Randomized, multicenter, noninferiority trial.
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation remains largely underused. Self-monitored, home-based rehabilitation is a promising approach to improving the availability of pulmonary rehabilitation.
Objective: To report the rationale and methods of a trial comparing the effectiveness of self-monitored, home-based rehabilitation with hospital-based, outpatient rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).