COPD

Researchers analyzed 22 studies to discover whether biomarkers help explain particulate matter (PM) exposure effects in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Researchers explained that educational level, duration of disease, and inhaler type may affect adherence in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Individuals with serum vitamin D concentrations of approximately 55 nmol/L appeared to be at the lowest risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

This new questionnaire could help physicians more easily detect sedentary behaviors among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which standard questionnaires have had difficulty identifying.

Researchers found that health care professionals who refer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to pulmonary rehabilitation have a negative bias toward smoking and a positive bias toward exercising, which could affect how they present rehabilitation options.

"Our research is unique in its attempt to describe a high-need, high-cost patient population who might benefit from increased monitoring or intervention,"Ann Cameron, PhD, says.

Researchers found that those with both type 2 diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) had lower all-cause and respiratory-cause mortality survival probabilities than those without COPD.

A video-based teach-to-goal (TTG) intervention was able to improve inhaler technique over time among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, according to a randomized controlled trial.

The findings provide further support of recommendations in the clinical guidelines to favor one therapy over the other.

Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) may be a good biomarker for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) severity, study finds.

A retrospective analysis of data of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suggests that mucus plugs could contribute to patient mortality, offering a possible treatment target.

Even after adjusting for other risk factors, patients with COPD were more likely to be readmitted to the hospital with heart failure following an acute myocardial infarction, or heart attack.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations and oral corticosteroid use dropped in patients treated with monoclonal antibodies targeting interleukin (IL)-5 and its receptor (IL-5R), a study found.

Inhaled corticosteroids were observed to be associated with increases in rates of pneumonia and tuberculosis, according to a recent study.

Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience improved breathing symptoms and dyspnea with use of automated oxygen administration.

Improved survival rates suggest long-term noninvasive therapy (LTH-NIV) may benefit patients with acute hypercapnic exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (AECOPD).

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk of long-term hearing loss, researchers find.

Using gene enrichment analysis, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified a strong association with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and multiple ancestry groups.

The Assessment of Burden Chronic Conditions (ABCC) tool adds validity when measuring burden of disease among people with chronic conditions, according to one study.

Spirometry could aid physicians in identifying patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that are at high risk of cardiovascular disease, a study finds.

The device, PEP Buddy improves breathlessness symptoms and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as people who have anxiety and stress.

The prevalence of comorbidities in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including impaired kidney function, are predictors of long-term mortality, study finds.

A combination of evidence-based interventions and team-based approaches shows efficacy in helping physicians care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to one study.

A diagnostic algorithm was evaluated for its ability to gauge the presence of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in a new analysis.

Imaging and clinical characteristics reach high diagnostic efficacy when they are used to identify frequent acute exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The CAPTURE screening tool showed high specificity but low sensitivity in identifying primary care patients with previously undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Gender-specific chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptoms identify differences among men and women as good predictors for cardiac comorbidities.

A study of patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation found that exclusively using the population-based Hospital Frailty Risk Score tool to assess for frailty may cause it to go undetected and untreated.

Compared with patients with poor continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) compliance, patients with good CPAP compliance saw improvements in lung function after 12 months.

Multiple studies suggest that the mechanisms of lung damage and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to biomass smoke differ from COPD caused by smoking cigarettes.