—Physical frailty in patients with COPD should be carefully measured, not eye-balled, according to these investigators. The result may help facilitate treatment. Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD, ...

Hunter, S. (2009) Holistic assessment of patients with COPD before the use of non-invasive ventilation. Nursing Times; 105: 20, early online publication. The use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) to ...

Early diagnosis of COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, increases the quality of life of the patient and the efficacy of available treatments. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden ...

For each year of increase in menopausal age, COPD risk was reduced by 1.2%, and current smokers reached menopause 1.402 years earlier than never smokers. Menopausal age has a strong association with ...

LTOT is used to treat stable COPD in people who have developed daytime hypoxaemia. People with COPD and a persistent resting stable oxygen saturation of 92% or less should have an assessment to find ...

NICE's medical technologies advisory committee considered evidence on digital technologies to support self-management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from several sources, including an ...

Incorporating chest CT imaging and respiratory symptoms into the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnostic schema improved identification of individuals with poor respiratory outcomes, ...

Share on Pinterest A new screening tool may help identify people with COPD who haven’t yet been diagnosed. Instants/Getty Images Researchers say a 5-question screening tool may help diagnose people ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bisoprolol use in COPD was deemed “not clinically beneficial” by researchers. In both the bisoprolol group and ...