COPD
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Improving swallowing may mitigate COPD exacerbations
Patients with COPD have altered swallowing behavior because of several factors.
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Dupilumab moves forward as possible COPD treatment
Phase 3 data support dupilumab’s bid to become the first FDA-approved biologic for the treatment of COPD.
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Liquid albuterol shortage effects reduced by alternative drugs, similar shortages may be increasingly common
The shortage of 0.5% albuterol sulfate inhalation solution gained increased attention earlier this month when Akorn Pharmaceuticals – one of just...
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Brain imaging markers of breathlessness-expectation predict COPD rehabilitation success
D-cycloserine was associated with breathlessness improvement.
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Adherence to DASH diet reduced risk of COPD
Reduced risk of COPD with the DASH diet persistent in subgroups of men, younger adults, and smokers.
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Beware risk of sedatives for respiratory patients
There has not been a systematic assessment of commonly prescribed medications with potential respiratory side-effects.
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Severe health diagnoses drive suicide risk
The study included low-survival cancers, chronic ischemic heart disease, COPD, and degenerative neurological disease.
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Patients with COPD at higher risk of death 1 year after surgery
Frailty, cancer, and procedure type were factors that modified the association between COPD and outcomes.
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Exacerbation history found flawed as COPD risk predictor
Exacerbation history alone is not the most accurate risk-prediction tool.
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Comorbidities and the prognosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Up to 73 comorbidities associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have been described.