Decreased body mass index (BMI) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was linked to a higher risk of severe exacerbations and all-cause mortality, emphasizing the importance of ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza Study: The ratio of circulatory levels of sphingolipids to steroids predicts asthma exacerbations ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mortality occurred in more patients with severe vs. mild COPD exacerbation based on Rome severity classification ...

Panelists discuss how preventing bronchiectasis exacerbations involves understanding a patient’s past exacerbation pattern, implementing comprehensive airway clearance, patient education, and early ...

"Physicians should feel more confident in following the recent guideline recommendations both to use race-neutral reference equations and to use z scores for assessing severity…Together, these changes ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that affects more than 14 million U.S. adults, is marked by damage to the airways. It typically refers to emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

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Almost 16 million adults have COPD in the United States and about 3 in 4 people with this condition have at least one flare (exacerbation) a year, cites a review. But you don’t have to sit and wait ...

Polarean, a commercial-stage medical imaging company advancing functional MRI of the lungs, today highlighted the publication ...

Researchers at Mass General Brigham and Karolinska Institutet have identified a new method to predict asthma exacerbations ...