Search results for "COPD"
In combination with LABA, LAMA may beat corticosteroid for COPD exacerbations
The exacerbation rate was 11% lower in patients randomized to indacaterol–glycopyrronium than those on salmeterol–fluticasone, the industry-funded study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/25/1.htm
25 May 2016
April 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/
Care improves for MI patients with COPD, but gaps in treatment remain
Care has improved for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (MI), but they are still less likely to receive certain therapies than acute MI patients without COPD, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/11/4.htm
11 Jan 2012
August 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/
Five-day steroid course effective for acute COPD exacerbations
For inpatients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), five days of glucocorticoids is as effective as 14 days at preventing re-exacerbations at six months, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/05/3.htm
5 Jun 2013
Journal watch: recent studies of note
Recent studies about treating COPD, avoiding gadolinium MRIs, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/04/journal-watch.htm
15 Apr 2007
Noninvasive ventilation may benefit as first-line therapy in COPD
Mortality, intubation, and length of stay were all lower in patients who received noninvasive ventilation for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure secondary to an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/26/1.htm
26 Jul 2017
Almost half of veterans hospitalized for COPD didn't get spirometry within a year
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were three times as likely to undergo spirometry in the year before or after hospitalization if they had a pulmonary clinic visit, according to Veterans Health Administration data.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/26/almost-half-of-veterans-hospitalized-for-copd-didnt-get-spirometry-within-a-year.htm
26 Oct 2022
COPD transitions, afib in sepsis
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2019
Majority of asthma, COPD inpatients misuse inhalers, but are easily educated
While inhaler misuse is common among hospitalized patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), patients can be easily taught to use the devices correctly, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/02/4.htm
2 Feb 2011