Home-based spirometry in the self-management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) leads to an irreversible decline of pulmonary function, an increase of emergency visits, hospitalization and length of stay in hospital, and an increase of the mortality. In the aspect of life quality and clinical symptoms, a randomized trial of 281 COPD patients compared the quality of life and COPD assessment test (CAT) in patients on telemonitoring to usual care group. [...]studies are required to clarify who can benefit from the remote monitoring, when they should use it, and how the remote monitoring systems are properly implanted into self-management program of the patients. [...]to early generation of portable monitoring without data transmission, current remote monitoring is powerful in instant data analysis and decision-making support.