COPD

Select lifestyle practices can help to reduce particulate matter (PM) concentrations and exposure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which can affect clinical outcomes.

Patients with both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and severe pain are at an almost 40% predicted probability of falling, indicating the potential interaction between the conditions.

Researchers found young patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a higher risk of all-cause mortality than those without COPD.

Researchers analyzed 22 studies to discover whether biomarkers help explain particulate matter (PM) exposure effects in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Researchers explained that educational level, duration of disease, and inhaler type may affect adherence in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Individuals with serum vitamin D concentrations of approximately 55 nmol/L appeared to be at the lowest risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

This new questionnaire could help physicians more easily detect sedentary behaviors among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which standard questionnaires have had difficulty identifying.

Researchers found that health care professionals who refer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to pulmonary rehabilitation have a negative bias toward smoking and a positive bias toward exercising, which could affect how they present rehabilitation options.

"Our research is unique in its attempt to describe a high-need, high-cost patient population who might benefit from increased monitoring or intervention,"Ann Cameron, PhD, says.

Researchers found that those with both type 2 diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) had lower all-cause and respiratory-cause mortality survival probabilities than those without COPD.

A video-based teach-to-goal (TTG) intervention was able to improve inhaler technique over time among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, according to a randomized controlled trial.

The findings provide further support of recommendations in the clinical guidelines to favor one therapy over the other.

Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) may be a good biomarker for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) severity, study finds.

A retrospective analysis of data of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suggests that mucus plugs could contribute to patient mortality, offering a possible treatment target.

Surya Bhatt, MD, associate professor of medicine at University of Alabama at Birmingham, talks about a new trial in which dupilumab was used in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with frequent exacerbations and type 2 inflammation.

Debra Boyer, MD, pediatric pulmonologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and co-chair of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference Committee, says that more needs be done for children who have respiratory diseases to improve their adult health outcomes.

Even after adjusting for other risk factors, patients with COPD were more likely to be readmitted to the hospital with heart failure following an acute myocardial infarction, or heart attack.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations and oral corticosteroid use dropped in patients treated with monoclonal antibodies targeting interleukin (IL)-5 and its receptor (IL-5R), a study found.

Inhaled corticosteroids were observed to be associated with increases in rates of pneumonia and tuberculosis, according to a recent study.

Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience improved breathing symptoms and dyspnea with use of automated oxygen administration.

Improved survival rates suggest long-term noninvasive therapy (LTH-NIV) may benefit patients with acute hypercapnic exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (AECOPD).

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk of long-term hearing loss, researchers find.

Using gene enrichment analysis, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified a strong association with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and multiple ancestry groups.

The Assessment of Burden Chronic Conditions (ABCC) tool adds validity when measuring burden of disease among people with chronic conditions, according to one study.

Spirometry could aid physicians in identifying patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that are at high risk of cardiovascular disease, a study finds.