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 ...

Background: Nearly 30% of all exacerbations of COPD do not have a clear etiology. Although pulmonary embolism (PE) can exacerbate respiratory symptoms such as dyspnea and chest pain, and COPD ...

Your healthcare team can best advise you on treatment for COPD exacerbations. If you live with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), you may experience shortness of breath, wheezing ...

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.

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) ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Ruth E Barker, National Heart and Lung Institiute, Imperial College London, London, UK; r.barker18{at}imperial.ac.uk Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) following hospitalisations for ...

The incidence of a first moderate or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation was higher in patients who received budesonide-glycopyrrolate-formoterol compared with those who received ...

Cigarette smoking is the most common cause of COPD. Common symptoms include a persistent cough, wheezing, production of phlegm, shortness of breath, and a feeling of tightness in your chest, though ...

Share on Pinterest The GOLD COPD grading system uses symptoms and exacerbations to grade the severity of COPD. This helps your provider determine which medications to use to help control COPD.