COPD News

In a new study, higher exposure to traffic-related air pollution and greater living distance from green and blue spaces were associated with poor health-related quality of life for patients with COPD.

Many patients with COPD have comorbid obstructive sleep apnea and obesity, which may increase risk for hospital readmissions, researchers reported in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

In patients hospitalized with COPD exacerbations, those who received usual care plus an active strategy for diagnosing pulmonary embolism did not have improved outcomes compared with those who received usual care only.

Preserved ratio impaired spirometry is a common lung function trait associated with breathlessness, multimorbidity and increased mortality risk, researchers reported in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force posted a new draft recommendation in which it continues to recommend against screening for COPD in people without signs or symptoms.

Female nurses who worked in the operating rooms for 15 years or more had an increased risk for developing COPD compared with nurses who never worked in an OR, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

A substantial number of deaths among men with metastatic prostate cancer resulted from noncancer causes, including cardiovascular disease, according to a retrospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Maintenance treatment with nebulized revefenacin improves the health status of patients with moderate to very severe COPD, especially in women, according to a subgroup analysis of two phase 3 studies.

Portable air cleaners improved respiratory outcomes among former smokers with COPD, with the greatest benefit found in those with greater adherence and those who spent more time indoors, according to results of the CLEAN AIR STUDY.

Researchers reported nine air pollutants and meteorological factors are associated with an increase in the incidence of COPD exacerbations, for a lag time of up to 10 days.