Amir Sharafkhaneh, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, medical director of AI in Health, Baylor College of Medicine, presented ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among both women and men with COPD, less than 50% received maintenance inhaler therapy. Less than 70% received ...

Investigators explored common challenges cited by hospital staff as barriers to implementation and adherence with national guidelines for managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In a ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has released a new guideline on clinical trials conducted to assess chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) products, updating an existing guideline regulators ...

At hospital discharge after COPD exacerbation, patients were often inappropriately prescribed inhaled corticosteroids and not prescribed recommended dual bronchodilation, according to data presented ...

Despite its effectiveness, pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is underused and under-prescribed. The expert panel charged with developing guidance for practitioners is hopeful that the latest Clinical ...

Effective treatment often requires you to take medications to better manage symptoms or stop taking medications if a doctor advises that you no longer need them. Finding the right dosages and ...

A retrospective study of 150 hospitalized COPD patients in Shiraz, Iran, found that nearly 29 percent of treatment costs, ...

COPD may originate from chronic bronchitis, which inflames the airways, or from emphysema, which damages the lung air sacs. Key indicators of COPD may include persistent breathing changes such as ...