Conclusions The prevalence of airflow limitation ranged from 8% to 17% using GOLD and four different LLN criteria; however, identified individuals with the five different criteria had similar risk of ...

Background The natural history and time course of the onset of exacerbation events of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is incompletely understood. Methods A prospective cohort of 212 ...

Summary. Exacerbations of COPD are common and can be detrimental to both patient health and health care costs. Corticosteroids are recommended by consensus guidelines for patients during ...

Researchers developed a new COPD-ES questionnaire for healthcare professionals to improve the management of stable chronic ...

But the newest GOLD guidelines combine your spirometry ... Share on Pinterest The GOLD COPD grading system uses symptoms and exacerbations to grade the severity of COPD. This helps your provider ...

If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. After a COPD exacerbation, patients face a raised risk for cardiovascular events. The time linked to the greatest ...

A NEW study has found that severe vitamin D deficiency is strongly associated with an increased risk of severe acute exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The ...

Patients using monoclonal antibody treatment vs standard of care had a significantly lower annualized exacerbation rate (RR, 0.82). Treating eosinophilic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...