title: [Telemonitoring in patients with COPD and acute exacerbations].
abstract: A major problem associated with COPD is exacerbation. Symptoms include increased shortness of breathing, coughing, wheezing and sputum production. The frequency and severity of exacerbations are associated with a higher mortality risk. Early recognition and treatment have been shown to reduce severity of exacerbations, consecutive morbidity and hospital admissions. Telemonitoring of (nocturnal) lungsounds, oxygen saturation and frequency of breathing may offer the opportunity to detect symptoms of exacerbations very early. Therefore further research is needed to clarify precisely the role of telemonitoring in patients with COPD and exacerbations.
authors.affiliation: SP Pneumologie, Intensiv- und Schlafmedizin, Klinik für Innere Medizin, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg. koehleru@staff.uni-marburg.de
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Koehler
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Greulich
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hildebrandt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Redhardt
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sohrabi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weissflog
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koczulla
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D017286:Polysomnography; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D056152:Respiratory Rate / Q000502:physiology; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013686:Telemetry
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen