Recent modifications of the GOLD recommendations emphasise the importance of assessing symptoms or health status, in addition to lung function and exacerbation frequency, in order to produce a more ...

In asthma management, the latest Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines recommend that treatment should be continuously adjusted, driven by the patient’s asthma control status. 1 Although ...

A new report sets out to provide a comprehensive view of COPD care in the United States. COPD is the third-leading cause of death in US, but compared to other chronic diseases, COPD research funding ...

Using the GOLD standards for COPD staging will identify high-risk patients, improve delivery of care, and reduce health care costs. In the United States, COPD is mainly diagnosed and managed in the ...

Credit: Getty Images. Use of the COPD case-finding tool, CAPTURE, in US primary care practice demonstrated ability to provide critical in-study information to help guide protocol adjustment based on ...

People with COPD experience persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that can be due to airway or alveolar abnormalities, caused by significant exposure to noxious particles or gases, ...

Guideline adherence was associated with a statistically significant but not clinically significant decrease in CAT score and COPD exacerbation frequency. Adherence to guidelines for chronic ...

myCOPD can be used in the NHS while more evidence is generated, to deliver pulmonary rehabilitation programmes for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who cannot have or do not ...

A high assessment test score for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may predict anxiety in patients, a recent study reported. A high assessment test score for chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

A quality assessment program conducted in the Republic of Korea may be effective in improving disease management and prognosis for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the ...

NICE's medical technologies advisory committee considered evidence on digital technologies to deliver pulmonary rehabilitation programmes for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...