Home parasternal electromyography tracks patient-reported and physiological measures of recovery from severe COPD exacerbation

Rebecca Francesca D'Cruz; Eui-Sik Suh; Georgios Kaltsakas; Amy Dewar; Neeraj Mukesh Shah; Rita Priori; Abdel Douiri; Louise Rose; Nicholas Hart; Patrick Brian Murphy

doi:10.1183/23120541.00709-2020

Home parasternal electromyography tracks patient-reported and physiological measures of recovery from severe COPD exacerbation

ERJ Open Res. 2021 Apr 26;7(2):00709-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00709-2020. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Rebecca Francesca D'Cruz^{1

2}, Eui-Sik Suh^{1

3}, Georgios Kaltsakas^{1

2}, Amy Dewar⁴, Neeraj Mukesh Shah^{1

2}, Rita Priori⁵, Abdel Douiri⁶, Louise Rose^{1

7}, Nicholas Hart^{1

2}, Patrick Brian Murphy^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Lane Fox Clinical Respiratory Physiology Research Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
³ Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
⁴ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁵ Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
⁶ School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
⁷ Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London, London, UK.

Abstract

Physiological phenotyping using daily home-based assessments reveals early improvement in load-capacity-drive imbalance following #AECOPD and feasibility of home parasternal electromyography measurement, which tracks symptoms, health status and spirometry https://bit.ly/3o6I0Ty.

Grants and funding

DRF-2018-11-ST2-037/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom