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

Woman suffering an anxiety attack alone in the night How does a delay in initiating triple therapy affect patients with COPD with a history of several moderate COPD exacerbations during a 1-year ...

Previous research has prompted warnings from North American and European health agencies of severe exacerbations associated with gabapentinoid use by patients with COPD. The researchers compared data ...

A 12-week prospective cohort enrolled 73 patients with guideline-based asthma or COPD and no speech-affecting comorbidities, ...

Remote patient monitoring of patients with COPD can offer clues about what happens before an exacerbation. While telemedicine and remote patient monitoring (RPM) have potential for proactive ...

A population-based cohort study of more than 10,000 persons using gabapentinoids found that their use was associated with an increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation ...

C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and eosinophil-to-platelet ratio (EPR) are significant independent predictors of adverse events in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...

In one phase 3 trial, former smokers with COPD receiving itepekimab had a significantly lower annualized moderate/severe ...

A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has highlighted recent advances in understanding and managing COPD, particularly in relation to its ...

Key TakeawaysVoice changes measured by a smartphone app can predict oncoming asthma or COPD flaresPeople’s voices change ...

Emphysema is a lung disease that can develop after long-term tobacco use or exposure to secondhand smoke. It’s part of a group of lung diseases known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk estimation was based on area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, sensitivity and specificity ...