Pharmacy-Led Education Improves Inhaler Technique
Pharmacists embedded within primary care or specialty clinics can assist patients and their...
COPD
Anxiety & Depression in COPD Not Adequately Treated
Anxiety and depressive symptoms, although common in patients with COPD, are not frequently...
COPD Exacerbations: Care-Seeking Behaviors & Delays in Care
Since many people with COPD avoid going to the ED due to factors like time spent waiting to be...
Physical Frailty in COPD Can Predict Disability & Mortality
Research has shown that COPD is a disease with extra-pulmonary and systemic manifestations,...
The Impact of Flu Vaccination on Survival for Elderly Men With COPD
Previous studies have established that patients aged 65 and older with COPD are at elevated risk...
Identifying Sputum Biomarker Predictors of COPD Exacerbation
“Although we know that COPD largely arises from smoking-induced airway inflammation, we do not...
Conference Highlights: CHEST 2021
New research was presented at CHEST 2021, the virtual Annual International Scientific Assembly of...
Inhaled Nitric Oxide Aids Ventilatory Efficiency & Exercise Capacity in Mild COPD
“Patients with mild COPD frequently present with chronic dyspnea and poor exercise capacity, often...
Telehealth Care Reduces COPD Assessment Scores by Half
“It is not possible to treat all patients with COPD sufficiently with in-person consultations, due...
The Surprise Question May Help Facilitate Advance Care Planning for COPD
“COPD is projected to rise to the third leading cause of mortality by 2030,” says Dana Tripp, BA,...
Inhaled Nitric Oxide Aids Ventilatory Efficiency & Exercise Capacity in Mild COPD
“Patients with mild COPD frequently present with chronic dyspnea and poor exercise capacity, often...
Patient & Clinician Perspectives on Remote COPD Care During COVID-19
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, widespread adoption of remote care delivery for COPD...
