In a recent paper, researchers recommended prompt screening methods and management strategies for comorbidities that occur commonly in patients with COPD.

Artificial intelligence tools can assist emergency room physicians in accurately predicting disease but only for patients with typical symptoms, West Virginia University scientists have found.

In patients hospitalized for acute exacerbation of COPD with atrial fibrillation, there is significant risk for subsequent stroke. Significant risk for stroke is found in patients with atrial ...

Abstract: Objectives: This research aims to design and develop a hierarchical embedded system that utilizes respiratory sound features for diagnosing COPD and other respiratory disorders. The system ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham-led researchers have refined and validated a new framework for diagnosing chronic ...

(1) Patients with no previous definitive diagnosis of COPD and no acute exacerbation on this admission ... score had a sensitivity of 88.72 % and a specificity of 35.37 % for diagnosing APE. 33 The ...

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.

The data again confirm the potential for home NIV to improve survival in patients with severe COPD with significant reductions in transition to death from both without exacerbation (HR 0.88, 95% CI ...

“My ADHD? I figured it out on TikTok,” a new patient told me proudly. She hadn’t turned to social media for answers because she wanted to; she just couldn’t afford the cost of a formal ...

“Diagnosing and managing any health condition ... and it should be reviewed each year.” When someone with COPD has a worsening of their symptoms—called a flare-up or acute exacerbation—it is important ...

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 ...