COPD News

Depression, fatigue and vigilance play a role in shaping brain mechanisms associated with interpretation of dyspnea-related cues in patients with COPD, according to study results.

Aspiration pneumonia is associated with a higher in-hospital mortality rate than community-acquired pneumonia in patients with COPD, according to study results.

A large portion of people who have low forced expiratory volume in 1 second in early adulthood develop COPD later in life, according to study results.

Metabolomic analysis of human urine has the ability to differentiate asthma from COPD, according to study results.

There are an estimated 35 million adults aged 55 years and older nationwide who are current or former smokers, many of whom may remain undiagnosed when COPD is based solely on spirometry.

Patients with COPD who discontinued using inhaled corticosteroids experienced a more than 25% decrease in the rate of serious pneumonia, according to study results.

Implementing the World Health Organization’s particulate air quality guidelines across the globe could prevent more than 2 million deaths per year associated with air pollution, according to study results.

The inhalation of heroin for recreational purposes appears to be associated with early-onset COPD, and specifically with an emphysema phenotype, according to the results of a recent study.

Patients with COPD, on average, incurred more than two times higher direct medical costs than people without COPD during a 10-year period, according to study results.

Use of a non-invasive open ventilation system in pulmonary rehabilitation significantly improved mean exercise duration by approximately 63% in patients with chronic respiratory disease, according to study results presented at COPD9USA.