It takes people with COPD longer to exhale all the air from their lungs, often because of narrowing and damage in the airways. COPD is an umbrella term that includes chronic obstr ...

A diagnostic algorithm was evaluated for its ability to gauge the presence of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in a new analysis. An asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Supported by an independent educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim and Pfizer. Mrs. Sweet is a 51-year-old woman who presents to your office with the chief complaint of shortness of breath and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a cohort of individuals with respiratory symptoms, 21% had undiagnosed COPD or asthma. Researchers found ...

December 13, 2010 (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) — Despite being a highly treatable disease, asthma is poorly managed in older people because of frequent confusion with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Symbicort is a combination inhaler used to control asthma and to maintain airflow in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It contains an inhaled corticosteroid called budesonide ...

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A new device was able to distinguish between mild and very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The “hallmark feature” of COPD is a sustained reduction of expiratory airflow, which is ...