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, Kênia Lara Silva
OBJECTIVE: A substantial number of people with COPD suffer from exacerbations, which are defined as an acute worsening of respiratory symptoms. To minimize exacerbations, telehealth has emerged as an alternative to improve clinical management, access to health care, and support for self-management. Our objective was to map the evidence of telehealth/telemedicine for the monitoring of adult COPD patients after hospitalization due to an exacerbation. METHODS: Bibliographic search was carried in PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Web of Science, Scopus, Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde/LILACS and Cochrane Library databases to identify articles describing telehealth and telemonitoring strategies in Portuguese, English, or Spanish published by December of 2021...
2023: Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia: Publicaça̋o Oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia