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More coronary disease among COPD patients
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More coronary disease among COPD patients

THE UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN IMAGE: CHRISTINA DUE SVENDSEN CREDIT: PRIVATE Previous registry studies have given reason to suspect COPD patients more often have coronary disease than what can be expected from smoking habits, gender, and age. However, there has been a lack of studies with more invasive measurements of coronary disease among COPD patients. Patients...

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LAMA combination therapy more effective for COPD patients with exercise intolerance

Pharmacologic management of COPD is focused on improving patients’ quality of life while reducing the frequency of exacerbations. In this new clinical practice guideline, an expert panel addressed six “emerging questions around COPD management that were not covered in the previous guideline published in 2011,” noted Shawn Aaron, MD, co-chair of the guideline committee and...

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New hope for COPD patients possible with in-home device

MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER, Minn. — In a new paper published Feb. 4 in JAMA, Mayo Clinic researchers describe the benefits of in-home noninvasive ventilation therapy ? which includes a type referred to as bilevel positive airway pressure, or BiPAP ? for many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The team identified a number of...