At present, it is impossible to predict patients with COPD with frequent acute exacerbation phenotypes. The composition of the lower respiratory tract flora and the intestinal flora is closely related ...

We use clinical symptoms to diagnose an exacerbation of COPD, based on the triad of increased breathlessness, increased sputum volume and/ or increased sputum purulence. These criteria are essentially ...

opri.sg Background Little is known about the impact of exacerbations on COPD progression or whether inhaled corticosteroid ... models were used to determine the relationship between annual ...

Corticosteroid therapy for the treatment of clinically manifest cardiac sarcoidosis is generally recommended. Our group previously systematically reviewed the data in 2013; since then, there has been ...

Objective: COPD is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Health care providers should counsel their smoking patients with COPD to quit smoking as the first treatment step.

In addition to halving the risk of a first severe attack, Airsupra reduces the annualized exacerbation rate by 53% and trimmed systemic steroid exposure by 63%, potentially sparing patients from ...

A total of 2516 participants underwent randomization; 1797 (71.4%) completed the trial. Of 2421 participants in the full analysis population (1209 assigned to the albuterol–budesonide group and ...

However, the increasing focus on eosinophilic COPD opens the door for biologic differentiation, particularly in high-risk, high-exacerbation patients who fail standard inhaled triple therapy. If ...

The results underscore the biologic’s robust performance across different exacerbation risk profiles and reinforce the therapeutic relevance of IL-5 inhibition in COPD with eosinophilic inflammation.

When someone with COPD has a worsening of their symptoms—called a flare-up or acute exacerbation—it is important to follow their self-management plan, says Ms Spillett. Sometimes, people with COPD are ...

In addition to halving the risk of a first severe attack, Airsupra reduces the annualized exacerbation rate by 53% and trimmed systemic steroid exposure by 63%, potentially sparing patients from ...

Novavax has at last gained full Food and Drug Administration approval for its COVID-19 vaccine, but the OK comes with limitations not specified for other COVID shots available in the U.S. Dubbed ...