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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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).

A new tool that would help predict a patient's risk of dying from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been developed by researchers. A new tool that would help predict a patient's ...

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.