Anti-IL5 therapy significantly reduces moderate and severe exacerbations in asthma and COPD, preventing major ...

Neil Minkoff, MD:Dr Mahler, you were the one who started to bring us back to the GOLD [Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease] guidelines. Dr Drummond mentioned how, as pulmonologists, ...

For patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) admitted to the intensive care unit ...

Patients with acute COPD exacerbations are seen frequently in the emergency department (ED). Acute exacerbations are associated with significant morbidity, mortality and health care expenditures.

Credit: Scott Bodell/MedicalImages.com The authors outline preventative pharmacologic therapies for COPD exacerbations and a patient-tailored approach to management. Chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

About The Study: Among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at high risk of exacerbation, treatment with the β1-selective β-blocker bisoprolol did not reduce the number of ...

Most chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations were observed in those not treated with controller medications, but less than half of patients in the study received controller ...

telemedicine Researchers examined the risks for pneumonia and exacerbation of COPD after PPI treatment for GERD. The risk for symptom exacerbation reduced after PPI treatment for patients with GERD ...

Clinical guidelines recommend use of exacerbation history in choosing therapies to predict the risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations, but an analysis of data from three ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a long-term lung disease affecting at least 15 million American adults. It’s also the fourth leading cause of disease-attributed death. This makes ...

Effective treatment often requires you to take medications to better manage symptoms or stop taking medications if a doctor advises that you no longer need them. Finding the right dosages and ...