... obvious benefit, only two per cent of COPD patients in Canada are offered this treatment because ... home-based treatment, the physical condition of patients improves to the point where they no longer ...
... results pertain specifically to COPD patients rather than asthma patients, and recommend that "clinicians should ... long-term inhaled corticosteroid use among patients with COPD," said Sonal Singh, M.D ...
... polysaccharide vaccination (PPSV23). However, the efficacy of PPSV23 is not well established in the COPD patient population.
"Reasonable effectiveness for this vaccine has been demonstrated in ...
... to explicate this fully,” said Dr. Steele, “but it suggests that treatments for end-stage patients with COPD may still be effective and introducing exercise training sooner in the course of their ...
... mass in the elderly. To determine whether Cr supplementation could similarly enhance the physical condition of COPD patients, Dr. Deacon and co-researchers recruited 100 patients with COPD to either ...
... trials involving a total of 14,783 patients with COPD. Participants received treatment with inhaled ... cardiovascular death, heart attacks, or strokes in COPD patients by 58 percent.
The results appear ...
... cardiac events, a major cause for late morbidity and mortality," said Dr. Poldermans.
They also found that in COPD patients, an intensified dose, but not a low dose, of beta-blockers was associated ...
... on surgical patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers have found that, contrary to previous thought, beta-blockers significantly reduce mortality in COPD patients...
... .
"The results of this study can guide researchers and clinicians to evaluate in COPD patients with depression the effectiveness of antidepressants and psychotherapies on reducing exacerbations and ...
... article in the November 26 issue of JAMA. COPD, a lung disease characterized by recurrent episodes ... benefit of ICS therapy in a group of patients with COPD, patients should receive the lowest effective ...
... diaries that were kept for at least one year by 297 COPD patients, describing nearly 2,000 ... crucial to prevent or minimize further exacerbations in the COPD patient. "Our finding of a high-risk period ...
... patterns even when they are not experiencing exacerbations.
While it was previously known that COPD patients exhibited decoupling of the breathing-swallowing pattern of saliva during exacerbations, ...
... studies also indicate that pulmonary rehabilitation results in decreased anxiety and depression for COPD patients because they find they can exercise more, and they enjoy the feeling that they have ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Generally speaking, patients with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) deteriorate suddenly, in bursts, often as a result of bacterial or viral infections.
... . "These exacerbations account for much of the morbidity, mortality and hospital admissions in COPD patients."
The investigators tracked the outcomes of 142 patients divided into two groups. ...
