Medical practitioners treating patients suffering from COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) need to observe a high sense of caution, as per Lung disease experts at Johns Hopkins.
COPD affects approximately 11 million Americans and a majority of the disease victims belong to the category of past or present-day smokers.
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Despite the increased pneumonia risk, the team [...]
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As per a London-based study and lead author of the paper, Terence A. R. Seemungal, Ph.D., and Jadwiga Wedzicha, M.D., principle investigator, low doses of macrolide therapy can prove effective for reducing exacerbations in patients with moderate to severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
These reductions can be as dramatic as much as 35 percent in [...]
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A considerably minimized mortality risk can be seen in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and using inhaled corticosteroids, as per a recent study.
The research show that patients administered with inhaled corticosteroids within 30 days of hospital discharge had a twenty-five percent reduced all-cause mortality rate and numbers of of cardiovascular-pertaining death alone in [...]
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According to a London-based study, use of a macrolide antibiotic in the long term can minimize the frequency of exacerbations in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by as much as thirty-five percent.
Lead author of the paper, Terence A. R. Seemungal, Ph.D., and Jadwiga Wedzicha, M.D., principle investigator, remarked that these [...]
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Lung disease experts at Johns Hopkins have requested members of the medical fraternity to be more careful and cautious while administering or prescribing inhaled corticosteroids to patients with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
This advice came after it was found that some of the widely used anti-inflammatory medications for COPD tend to raise the risk of [...]
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According to a new study published in the CHEST, peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), patients with COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and administered with corticosteroids are less likely to struggle with mortality risk.
It was remarked by Christine Macie, MD, FCCP, Cambridge Hospital, Ontario, Canada and author of this study, that [...]
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According to a London-based study, the long-term usage of a macrolide antibiotic may minimize the frequency of exacerbations in patients suffering from moderate to severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) by as much as 35 percent.
Lead author of the paper, Terence A. R. Seemungal, Ph.D., and Jadwiga Wedzicha, M.D., principle investigator, said that the results [...]
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