Telehealth and telemedicine in the management of adult patients after hospitalization for COPD exacerbation: a scoping review.

Lilian Cristina Rezende Edmar Geraldo Ribeiro Laura Carvalho Parreiras Rayssa Assunção Guimarães Gabriela Maciel Dos Reis Adriana Fernandes Carajá Túlio Batista Franco Liliane Patrícia de Souza Mendes Valéria Maria Augusto Kenia Lara da Silva

Published in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2023)

This review demonstrated that telehealth/telemedicine in combination with telemonitoring can be an interesting strategy to benefit COPD patients after discharge from hospitalization for an exacerbation, by improving their quality of life and reducing re-hospitalizations, admissions to emergency services, hospital length of stay, and health care costs.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
healthcare
end stage renal disease
lung function
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
emergency department
chronic kidney disease
public health
peritoneal dialysis
intensive care unit
air pollution
adverse drug