Study reveals the Prospector calculator reduces antibiotic prescriptions in COPD exacerbations, improving outcomes and ...

Furthermore, erdosteine has shown a synergism with antibiotic therapy. In stable COPD patients, long-term treatment with erdosteine had a protective effect against exacerbations by reducing the ...

In the treatment of COPD exacerbations, systemic corticosteroids ... or oral prednisolone for 7–10 days recommended in the GOLD guidelines.

Tezepelumab did not significantly decrease moderate or severe COPD exacerbations compared with placebo, the COURSE trial found.

Among patients with COPD who experienced an exacerbation, the risk for cardiovascular events was highest in the following 2 weeks and stayed elevated more than 1 year after, according to study results ...

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Researchers have identified new lung function and blood test cutoffs to improve timely chronic hypercapnia management in ...

After waking up from the procedure, he told me he could take full breaths for the first time in years,” Dr. Mark Sigler said ...

The Zephyr Valve procedure is a minimally invasive treatment for severe or very ... inhalers and medications and are advised to avoid COPD exacerbations triggered by infections or environmental ...