COPD | Medscape

Log In Register

COPD

COPD News

Test May Evaluate Severity of COPD Exacerbation A new study suggests that a COPD assessment test can determine exacerbation severity.
Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2012
New Once-Daily LABA Improves Lung Function in COPD After a month of vilanterol, a long-acting beta-2-agonist inhaled once a day, patients with moderate to severe COPD had significant improvements in FEV1.
Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2012

High-Dose Vitamin D Fails to Mitigate COPD Exacerbations
Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2012
Leg Muscle Electrical Stimulation Helps in Severe COPD
Reuters Health Information, January 3, 2012
Special Bike Helps Lung Disease Patients Get Around
Reuters Health Information, January 3, 2012
Budesonide/Formoterol pMDI Inhaler Reduces COPD Exacerbations
Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2011

COPD Perspectives

The Best Treatment for COPD What is the best measure of mortality in COPD patients: FEV1 or physical activity?
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, December 8, 2011
Top 10 Pulmonary Medicine Articles: 2011 The 10 most-read articles of 2011 from Medscape Pulmonary Medicine.
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, December 8, 2011

Fighting Noncommunicable Diseases: The Tobacco Component
Medscape Internal Medicine, October 10, 2011
COPD: Predictors Tied to Loss of Lung Function
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, October 6, 2011
Life-Limiting Diseases
Medscape Nurses, October 5, 2011
What's Killing Us? The 4 Deadliest Diseases
Medscape Internal Medicine, October 4, 2011

Journals

Influence of Season on Exacerbation Characteristics in COPD
CHEST, February 2, 2012
Dyspnoea Severity and Pneumonia and Readmission in Acute COPD
Thorax, February 1, 2012
Systemic Effects of Inhaled Corticosteroids
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, January 29, 2012
Impact of Tiotropium on Mortality and Exacerbations in COPD
CHEST, January 27, 2012
Fluticasone in Asthma Symptomatic on Inhaled Corticosteroids
Thorax, January 16, 2012

COPD on Medscape Reference

COPD on Medscape Education

All material on this website is protected by copyright, Copyright © 1994-2012 by WebMD LLC. This website also contains material copyrighted by 3rd parties.