COPD

Over a 2-year study period, some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were able to reverse or improve their frailty status, investigators found. The condition is present in close to one-third of patients with COPD.

A large-scale study reports that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—even if they never smoked—have a 2.6 times greater incidence of developing lung cancer compared with those who had neither COPD or a history of smoking.

Claims data analysis showed that 60% of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) receiving triple therapy had no evidence of exacerbation or only 1 exacerbation not resulting in hospitalization.

Thomas C. Corbridge, MD, FCCP, is a GSK medical expert and an emeritus physician and adjunct professor of medicine at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Corbridge received his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and has been in practice for over 30 years. Dr. Corbridge specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine and is experienced in asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and general pulmonology.

This study examined risk of exacerbation using a new predictive tool called COPD treatment ratio.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may incur huge medical expenses, resulting in a heavy socioeconomic burden. A recent study sought to predict the level of healthcare utilization resources.

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Platelet indices may be altered in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and therefore act as a valuable diagnostic marker, according to research.

In 11 patients with severe cases of COPD and hypercapnic respiratory failure, lung volume reduction coil treatment was associated with significant decreases in carbon dioxide levels and improvement in quality-of-life and respiratory function tests, according to study findings.

The implementation of integrated care conferences, a daily meeting for providers to share information, can significantly reduce the length of hospital stays in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by up to 67%, according to study findings.

Researchers recently examined 18 diseases represented by outpatient visits to a hospital in Taiwan to determine patterns of the effect of air pollution on different organs and found evidence that concurrent occurrences of diseases show that the immune system tries to create protective defenses.

Statin use was linked with a significant reduction in the risk of hospitalized exacerbations after an initial hospitalized exacerbation among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including specified frequent exacerbators, according to study findings.

Improving relational coordination and reducing structural barriers to collaboration may enhance quality of care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other chronic conditions.

In-home noninvasive positive pressure ventilation via bilevel positive airway pressure devices exhibited lower risk of mortality, fewer patients with all-cause hospital admission, and less need for intubation, but had no significant difference in quality-of-life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and hypercapnia, according to study findings.

The researchers hope the findings could one day lead to cell replacement therapies for respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure, stroke, and myocardial infarction were highly associated with an increased risk of death. Mortality risk was more strongly associated with the use of long-acting muscarinic antagonists and N-acetylcysteine compared with the lesser risk from inhaled corticosteroids, beta-blockers, and acetylsalicylic acid, according to study findings.

Although arterial stiffness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increases over time, a greater annual increase may be associated with the severity of emphysema, systemic inflammation, and dyslipidemia, according to study findings.

In study findings demonstrating differentially expressed genes (DEGs) among healthy patients and those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers show that key genes CYP1B1, VEGFA, BCL2, and CDKN1A may have significance in analyzing the development and progression of COPD.

Extracting lung function measurements from electronic health record (EHR) data through an automated tool, such as Microsoft SQL Server’s full-text search feature, may be efficient and improve the number of values available, leading to improved phenotyping of patients with COPD, according to study findings.

Researchers discuss optimal approaches to treating hypertension in patients with COPD, with a given patient’s underlying lung function and any coexisting conditions highlighted as important factors of drug therapy choice.