COPD comprises several conditions ... These results highlight the importance of regular therapeutic education, assessing the patient's ability to generate a sufficient inspiratory effort, and ...

Researchers developed a new COPD-ES questionnaire for healthcare professionals to improve the management of stable chronic ...

What do they believe to be the cause? That's true for about 85-percent of COPD cases. Gerald Staton, MD We do see occasional patients that have various industrial exposures that can seem to ...

Terry Coker, COPD Patient I have been trying to make the best out of it since. I have no regrets. I have a good quality of life, I do just about anything I want to do. Narrator Terry's blocked ...

Every patient, regardless of whether they have asthma, COPD or ACOS, should be encouraged to report any deterioration, for example, worsening of cough, wheezing and dyspnea, following initiation ...

People in rural areas are at greater risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to a variety of factors. We explain why.

The study reveals SGLT-2is are linked to fewer COPD exacerbations in type 2 diabetes, suggesting a need for further clinical ...

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2, or SGLT2, inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists lowered the risk for COPD exacerbation in adults with the disease and type 2 diabetes, researchers ...

Objective: To investigate the efficacy and tolerability of high-dose N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in the treatment of patients with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR) procedure, available at Texas Tech Physicians in Amarillo, uses Zephyr Valves to improve lung function and help patients breathe easier.

The adjusted likelihood for an injurious fall in adults with COPD was elevated with a fall-risk increasing drug prescription, ...