Vitamin D deficiency is strongly associated with an increased risk of severe acute exacerbations in patients with chronic ...

The following is a summary of “NTHi killing activity is reduced in COPD patients and is associated with a differential ...

Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow down your overall risk here.

During and after an exacerbation, mental recovery involves taking care of both your physical and mental health. Resting, ...

“Patients with mild-to-moderate COPD who have low exercise tolerance are likely to experience poor respiratory health outcomes,” the investigators concluded. “Exercise tolerance may be considered one ...

researchers noted a higher incidence rate in the severe vs. moderate exacerbation group (15.7 vs. 7.79 per 100 person-years). Considering all COPD exacerbations, the risk for nonfatal ...

The annualized rate of moderate or severe COPD exacerbations at 52 weeks was 1.75 for tezepelumab compared with 2.11 for placebo. Tezepelumab did not significantly decrease the annualized rate of ...

In a 4-year randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving 5992 patients with moderate-to-very severe chronic obstructive ... as reduction in the risk for COPD exacerbations and exacerbation ...

Objective: This study aims to discuss the dose-response relationship between the Life's Essential 8 (LE8) score and chronic obstructive pulmonary ... is more likely to develop COPD at moderate levels ...

Depending on your FEV1 and FVC readings, your doctor will stage your COPD based on the following: The first stage is considered ... of COPD exacerbation are also common in severe COPD.

When assessing safety, a comparable proportion of those receiving Alyftrek and those receiving Trikafta experienced an adverse event (96% in each of the pooled groups), with mild or moderate as ...