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 ...

Analysis of insurance claims reveals that criteria other than the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) persistent asthma definition can identify more at-risk patients with ...

Table 1 reports the total number of patients with COPD and the number experiencing an MI or stroke. There were 25,857 patients with COPD in 277 practices at the start of the observation period. Over ...

Getting an asthma diagnosis means you have to learn some new lingo. Your doctor may throw around phrases like “peak flow readings” (a way to measure how well your lungs are functioning), “short-acting ...

Observational studies suggest that beta-blockers may reduce the risk of exacerbations and death in patients with moderate or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but these findings ...

The SPIROMICS study found considerable year-to-year heterogeneity in acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation patterns over 3 years of follow-up. Similarly, a Danish nationwide ...

Adults with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ECOPD) whose condition was classified as severe using the Rome criteria had a higher risk of death at 1 year than those who were ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Mepolizumab reduced the risk for a first severe ...

Only 15% of patients were adherent to ICS therapy 3 months after their asthma exacerbation, and less that one-fourth of those remained adherent 9 months later. Improved adherence to inhaled ...

AECRS lacks consistent definitions, complicating research and treatment, and often leads to overtreatment with antibiotics and corticosteroids. A new regulatory definition for AECRS offers progress ...