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Paul Jones

Scientist, Boston Scientific
Verified email at bsci.com
Cited by 3870

Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary

J Vestbo, SS Hurd, AG Agustí, PW Jones… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health problem, and since 2001,
the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has published its strategy …

[HTML][HTML] Salmeterol and fluticasone propionate and survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

…, GT Ferguson, C Jenkins, PW Jones… - … England Journal of …, 2007 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Long-acting beta-agonists and inhaled corticosteroids are used to treat chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but their effect on survival is unknown. Methods We …

A self-complete measure of health status for chronic airflow limitation

PW Jones, FH Quirk, CM Baveystock… - Am Rev Respir …, 1992 - atsjournals.org
… The selection of tightly defined patient groups reduced only the interpatient variance in
weights by 1 to 2% (Quirk and Jones, unpublished observations). These findings …

Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled study of fluticasone propionate in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the ISOLDE …

PS Burge, PMA Calverley, PW Jones, S Spencer… - Bmj, 2000 - bmj.com
Objectives: To determine the effect of long term inhaled corticosteroids on lung function,
exacerbations, and health status in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes: the future of COPD

…, JG Goldin, PW Jones, W MacNee… - American journal of …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
Significant heterogeneity of clinical presentation and disease progression exists within
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although FEV 1 inadequately describes this …

[BOOK][B] Digital image compression techniques

M Rabbani, PW Jones - 1991 - books.google.com
In order to utilize digital images effectively, specific techniques are needed to reduce the
number of bits required for their representation. This Tutorial Text provides the groundwork for …

Effect of pharmacotherapy on rate of decline of lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from the TORCH study

…, GT Ferguson, CR Jenkins, PW Jones… - American journal of …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by an accelerated
decline in lung function. No drug has been shown conclusively to reduce this decline. …

St. George's respiratory questionnaire: MCID

PW Jones - COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The SGRQ is a disease-specific measure of health status for use in COPD. A number of
methods have been used for estimating its minimum clinically important difference (MCID). …

Health status measurement in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

PW Jones - Thorax, 2001 - thorax.bmj.com
Health status measurement is a common feature of studies in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD). This review assesses recent evidence for the validity of these …

Nasal pressure support ventilation plus oxygen compared with oxygen therapy alone in hypercapnic COPD.

DJ Meecham Jones, EA Paul, PW Jones… - American Journal of …, 1995 - atsjournals.org
Non-invasive ventilation has been used in chronic respiratory failure due to chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the effect of the addition of nasal positive-pressure …