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- Bousquet, Jean, et al.
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ARIA digital anamorphosis : Digital transformation of health and care in airway diseases from research to practice
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In: Allergy. European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0105-4538 .- 1398-9995. ; 76:1, s. 168-190
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Digital anamorphosis is used to define a distorted image of health and care that may be viewed correctly using digital tools and strategies. MASK digital anamorphosis represents the process used by MASK to develop the digital transformation of health and care in rhinitis. It strengthens the ARIA change management strategy in the prevention and management of airway disease. The MASK strategy is based on validated digital tools. Using the MASK digital tool and the CARAT online enhanced clinical framework, solutions for practical steps of digital enhancement of care are proposed.
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- Bousquet, J. Jean, et al.
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Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma : a model for multimorbid chronic diseases
- 2019
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In: Clinical and Translational Allergy. - : BMC. - 2045-7022. ; 9
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background: In all societies, the burden and cost of allergic and chronic respiratory diseases are increasing rapidly. Most economies are struggling to deliver modern health care effectively. There is a need to support the transformation of the health care system into integrated care with organizational health literacy.Main body: As an example for chronic disease care, MASK (Mobile Airways Sentinel NetworK), a new project of the ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma) initiative, and POLLAR (Impact of Air POLLution on Asthma and Rhinitis, EIT Health), in collaboration with professional and patient organizations in the field of allergy and airway diseases, are proposing real-life ICPs centred around the patient with rhinitis, and using mHealth to monitor environmental exposure. Three aspects of care pathways are being developed: (i) Patient participation, health literacy and self-care through technology-assisted "patient activation", (ii) Implementation of care pathways by pharmacists and (iii) Next-generation guidelines assessing the recommendations of GRADE guidelines in rhinitis and asthma using real-world evidence (RWE) obtained through mobile technology. The EU and global political agendas are of great importance in supporting the digital transformation of health and care, and MASK has been recognized by DG Sante as a Good Practice in the field of digitally-enabled, integrated, person-centred care.Conclusion: In 20 years, ARIA has considerably evolved from the first multimorbidity guideline in respiratory diseases to the digital transformation of health and care with a strong political involvement.
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- Mokhlesi, Babak, et al.
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The Effect of Hospital Discharge with Empiric Noninvasive Ventilation on Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis
- 2020
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In: Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society online. - : American Thoracic Society. - 1546-3222 .- 1943-5665. ; 17:5, s. 627-637
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Rationale: Hospitalized patients with acute-on-chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure due to obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) have increased short-term mortality. It is unknown whether prescribing empiric positive airway pressure (PAP) at the time of hospital discharge reduces mortality compared with waiting for an outpatient evaluation (i.e., outpatient sleep study and outpatient PAP titration).Objectives: An international, multidisciplinary panel of experts developed clinical practice guidelines on OHS for the American Thoracic Society. The guideline panel asked whether hospitalized adult patients with acute-on-chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure suspected of having OHS, in whom the diagnosis has not yet been made, should be discharged from the hospital with or without empiric PAP treatment until the diagnosis of OHS is either confirmed or ruled out.Methods: A systematic review with individual patient data meta-analyses was performed to inform the guideline panel’s recommendation. Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation was used to summarize evidence and appraise quality.Results: The literature search identified 2,994 articles. There were no randomized trials. Ten studies met a priori study selection criteria, including two nonrandomized comparative studies and eight nonrandomized noncomparative studies. Individual patient data on hospitalized patients who survived to hospital discharge were obtained from nine of the studies and included a total of 1,162 patients (1,043 discharged with PAP and 119 discharged without PAP). Empiric noninvasive ventilation was prescribed in 91.5% of patients discharged on PAP, and the remainder received empiric continuous PAP. Discharge with PAP reduced mortality at 3 months (relative risk 0.12, 95% confidence interval 0.05–0.30, risk difference −14.5%). Certainty in the estimated effects was very low.Conclusions: Hospital discharge with PAP reduces mortality following acute-on-chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure in patients with OHS or suspected of having OHS. Well-designed clinical trials are needed to confirm this finding.
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- Ntaios, George, et al.
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A tool to identify patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source at high recurrence risk.
- 2019
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In: Neurology. - 1526-632X. ; 93:23
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A tool to stratify the risk of stroke recurrence in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) could be useful in research and clinical practice. We aimed to determine whether a score can be developed and externally validated for the identification of patients with ESUS at high risk for stroke recurrence.We pooled the data of all consecutive patients with ESUS from 11 prospective stroke registries. We performed multivariable Cox regression analysis to identify predictors of stroke recurrence. Based on the coefficient of each covariate of the fitted multivariable model, we generated an integer-based point scoring system. We validated the score externally assessing its discrimination and calibration.In 3 registries (884 patients) that were used as the derivation cohort, age, leukoaraiosis, and multiterritorial infarct were identified as independent predictors of stroke recurrence and were included in the final score, which assigns 1 point per every decade after 35 years of age, 2 points for leukoaraiosis, and 3 points for multiterritorial infarcts (acute or old nonlacunar). The rate of stroke recurrence was 2.1 per 100 patient-years (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.44-3.06) in patients with a score of 0-4 (low risk), 3.74 (95% CI 2.77-5.04) in patients with a score of 5-6 (intermediate risk), and 8.23 (95% CI 5.99-11.3) in patients with a score of 7-12 (high risk). Compared to low-risk patients, the risk of stroke recurrence was significantly higher in intermediate-risk (hazard ratio [HR] 1.78, 95% CI 1.1-2.88) and high-risk patients (HR 4.67, 95% CI 2.83-7.7). The score was well-calibrated in both derivation and external validation cohorts (8 registries, 820 patients) (Hosmer-Lemeshow test χ2: 12.1 [p = 0.357] and χ2: 21.7 [p = 0.753], respectively). The area under the curve of the score was 0.63 (95% CI 0.58-0.68) and 0.60 (95% CI 0.54-0.66), respectively.The proposed score can assist in the identification of patients with ESUS at high risk for stroke recurrence.
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