The adjusted risk for COPD was elevated among adults who identified as regular cigarette smokers before age 15 years, ...

We've all felt winded when taking the stairs or dealt with a cough from time to time. But if these issues linger, they could ...

A total of 161 COPD patients completed at least one CAT questionnaire at baseline, 75 at exacerbation and 52 of these patients completed the CAT questionnaire daily during exacerbation recovery.

The following is a summary of “Feasibility, Usability, and Pilot Efficacy Study of a Software-Enabled, Virtual Pulmonary ...

Malnutrition in ICU patients with COPD aged 65 years and older is associated with in-hospital mortality and other adverse outcomes.

The following is a summary of “Assessing the Clinical and Functional Status of COPD Patients Using Speech Analysis During and After Exacerbation,” published in the January 2025 issue of Pulmonology by ...

Childhood smoking before age 15 increases a person’s risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ...

You must go to a doctor to know for sure whether you have COPD. That’s because there are things to consider for a diagnosis. Some people have asthma and COPD at the same time. If you have ...

Doctors determine the severity of your symptoms using either the British Medical Research Council (mMRC) questionnaire or the COPD Assessment Test (CAT). Stage 1 COPD is considered mild.

If a threshold of 10% risk of COPD was used to make spirometry referrals, the addition of the polygenic risk score correctly reclassified 13.8% of COPD cases in one of the cohorts ...

Children who start smoking prior to age 15 have a 27% increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD) as adults, compared to those who started smoking later, researchers ...

This was a single-center, prospective study. Patients with COPD were included if their post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1)/forced vital capacity ratio was <0.7 and FEV 1 ...