Mild to moderate COPD with vs without emphysema is associated with significantly worse HRQOL, but similar lung function decline.

First: use your inhaled bronchodilator. If symptoms stop completely: repeat inhaled bronchodilator when necessary; consider a short course of oral corticosteroid after third dose for acute ...

Spirometry with bronchodilator reversibility (BDR ... it clear that no patient should be prescribed a SABA without also being ...

Some may relieve factors that contribute to dyspnea, such as bronchospasm (bronchodilators), or fluid ... Metered-dose inhalers should be used with a spacer to improve the patient's ability ...

Other tests include chest X-ray and computed tomography. COPD is treated with medications such as bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroids, systemic glucocorticoids, phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors, ...

The editor’s pick for this issue is a review article discussing the promise of hyperpolarised xenon MRI, a non-invasive ...

Aug. 8, 2024 — A new study suggests that cannabis, the most commonly used illicit substance worldwide, is associated with an increased occurrence of head and neck ... New Study Finds 40-Percent ...

Nitric oxide is endogenously released in the airways by nitric oxide synthase. Functionally, two isoforms of this enzyme exist: constitutive and inducible. The former seems to protect airways from ...