Search results for "COPD"
Low-dose opioids may safely reduce breathlessness in severe COPD
Lower doses of opioids do not appear to increase hospital admissions or death in patients with very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and may safely reduce breathlessness, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/12/5.htm
12 Feb 2014
COPD meds, endocarditis, and more
Recent research from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/recent-research.htm
15 Apr 2021
In combination with LABA, LAMA may beat corticosteroid for COPD exacerbations
The exacerbation rate was 11% lower in patients randomized to indacaterol–glycopyrronium than those on salmeterol–fluticasone, the industry-funded study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/25/1.htm
25 May 2016
Five-day steroid course effective for acute COPD exacerbations
For inpatients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), five days of glucocorticoids is as effective as 14 days at preventing re-exacerbations at six months, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/05/3.htm
5 Jun 2013
Journal watch: recent studies of note
Recent studies about warfarin use in elderly AF patients, ticagrelor vs. clopidogrel in ACS patients, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/jw.htm
15 Dec 2009
COPD education, gender of leaders, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/in-the-news.htm
15 Aug 2020
Nonrespiratory causes of death becoming more common in oxygen-dependent COPD
Mortality rates are decreasing for respiratory disease and increasing for nonrespiratory causes in patients receiving long-term oxygen therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/01/26/4.htm
26 Jan 2011
Catch up on new COPD guidelines
A pulmonologist explained updated guidelines and offered tips on optimal care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/catch-up-on-new-copd-guidelines.htm
15 Jun 2018
Noninvasive ventilation may benefit as first-line therapy in COPD
Mortality, intubation, and length of stay were all lower in patients who received noninvasive ventilation for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure secondary to an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/26/1.htm
26 Jul 2017
Recent Research
PE hospitalizations and vena cava filter placements, preadmission glucocorticoids and 30-day poststroke mortality, troponin and heart failure readmissions, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/recent-research.htm
15 Apr 2016