The use of systemic corticosteroids during exacerbation decreased treatment failure rate by 46% and was associated with a mean decrease in hospital length of stay by 1.42 days when compared with ...

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 ...

So a COPD exacerbation is a period where people with COPD will notice an acute deterioration in their symptoms. And these will probably last a few days, and they may experience shortness of breath ...

A clinically and functionally relevant definition of an asthma exacerbation will be invaluable in the assessment of the severity of such an event and the streamlining of the steps necessary to ...