Explore strategies for controlling COPD and improving health, with a focus on management and lifestyle changes.

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

This document provides a systematic, evidence-based review of the pulmonary rehabilitation literature that updates the 1997 guidelines published by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP ...

The growing prevalence of COPD among women can be attributed to a combination of biological, environmental, and societal ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can result from chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Some people may also have COPD and asthma, which can worsen both conditions. Chronic obstructive ...

Context: Primary care physicians provide care for the majority of patients with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although clinical practice guidelines have been ...

The following is a summary of “Assessing the Clinical and Functional Status of COPD Patients Using Speech Analysis During and ...

Learn about nebulizers for COPD. Healthline has strict sourcing guidelines and relies on peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions, and medical journals and associations. We only use ...

It has been found in a recent study published in Heliyon that individuals who are genetically predisposed to having ...

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 ...

If a threshold of 10% risk of COPD was used to make spirometry referrals, the addition of the polygenic risk score correctly ...

Nov. 27, 2024 — A recent trial finds an injection given during some asthma and COPD attacks is more effective than the current treatment of steroid tablets, reducing the need for further ...