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Abstract
National surveys have revealed significant differences in patient outcomes following admission to hospital with acute exacerbation of COPD which are likely to be due to variations in care. We developed a care bundle, comprising a short list of evidence-based practices to be implemented prior to discharge for all patients admitted with this condition, based on a review of national guidelines and other relevant literature, expert opinion and patient consultation. Implementation was then piloted using action research methodologies with patient input. Actively involving staff was vital to ensure that the changes introduced were understood and the process followed. Implementation of a care bundle has the potential to produce a dramatic improvement in compliance with optimum health care practice.
- Acute exacerbation
- quality improvement
- pulmonary rehabilitation
- smoking cessation
- COPD pathology
- lung physiology
- lung volume reduction surgery
- respiratory measurement
- respiratory muscles
- asthma epidemiology
- asthma in primary care
- COPD epidemiology
- COPD exacerbations
- emphysema
- pulmonary rehabilitation
- non-invasive ventilation
- pulmonary embolism
- COPD mechanisms
- asthma
- asthma mechanisms
- cough/mechanisms/pharmacology
- empyema
- mesothelioma
- pleural disease
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- Acute exacerbation
- quality improvement
- pulmonary rehabilitation
- smoking cessation
- COPD pathology
- lung physiology
- lung volume reduction surgery
- respiratory measurement
- respiratory muscles
- asthma epidemiology
- asthma in primary care
- COPD epidemiology
- COPD exacerbations
- emphysema
- pulmonary rehabilitation
- non-invasive ventilation
- pulmonary embolism
- COPD mechanisms
- asthma
- asthma mechanisms
- cough/mechanisms/pharmacology
- empyema
- mesothelioma
- pleural disease
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Footnotes
Funding The work was funded by the NIHR through the Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for Northwest London and the NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit of Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust and Imperial College.
Competing interests None.
Ethics approval The study was discussed by both the Brent Ethics Committee and the NHS Brent R&D Committee who determined that formal ethical approval was not necessary.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.