Recent modifications of the GOLD recommendations emphasise the importance of assessing symptoms or health status, in addition to lung function and exacerbation frequency, in order to produce a more ...

In asthma management, the latest Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines recommend that treatment should be continuously adjusted, driven by the patient’s asthma control status. 1 Although ...

Using the GOLD standards for COPD staging will identify high-risk patients, improve delivery of care, and reduce health care costs. In the United States, COPD is mainly diagnosed and managed in the ...

Credit: Getty Images. Use of the COPD case-finding tool, CAPTURE, in US primary care practice demonstrated ability to provide critical in-study information to help guide protocol adjustment based on ...

People with COPD experience persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that can be due to airway or alveolar abnormalities, caused by significant exposure to noxious particles or gases, ...

Guideline adherence was associated with a statistically significant but not clinically significant decrease in CAT score and COPD exacerbation frequency. Adherence to guidelines for chronic ...

A new guideline for managing exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) supports the use of oral corticosteroids and antibiotic therapy in ambulatory patients having an exacerbation ...

Professor Clare Taylor, a GP and professor of General Practice, highlights the importance of cardiopulmonary risk and the management strategies that could be essential to improving patient outcomes.

Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common respiratory condition, affecting 4.5% of people over the age of 40 in the UK. The British Lung Foundation estimates 1.2 million ...

A quality assessment program conducted in the Republic of Korea may be effective in improving disease management and prognosis for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the ...

NICE's medical technologies advisory committee considered evidence on digital technologies to deliver pulmonary rehabilitation programmes for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...

Researchers found that 57% of nursing home residents with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) had depression, 37.2% had anxiety, and 27.5% had both. A high prevalence of depression and ...