Search results for "COPD"
High-intensity NPPV beat low-intensity in COPD exacerbation, Chinese trial finds
Around 14% of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients receiving low-intensity noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) met criteria for endotracheal intubation compared with 4.8% of those randomized to high-intensity NPPV, but actual intubation rates did not differ.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/18/high-intensity-nppv-beat-low-intensity-in-copd-exacerbation-chinese-trial-finds.htm
18 Sep 2024
Antibiotics, corticosteroids most effective for COPD exacerbations, review finds
A systematic review of 68 randomized controlled trials found scant evidence supporting other pharmacologic interventions to treat adults with mild to severe exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/02/26/2.htm
26 Feb 2020
COPD exacerbations associated with risk of subsequent CVD events, study finds
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who averaged an exacerbation at least once a year had higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events than those with less frequent exacerbations, regardless of whether they had CVD at baseline.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/05/copd-exacerbations-associated-with-risk-of-subsequent-cvd-events-study-finds.htm
5 Jun 2024
Pulmonary embolism detected in about 6% of patients with COPD hospitalized with acute respiratory symptoms
In a study of 740 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalized with acutely worsening respiratory symptoms at seven French hospitals, 5.9% had pulmonary embolism detected within 48 hours of admission using the revised Geneva score.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/01/13/4.htm
13 Jan 2021
September 18, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/18/
Active strategy to diagnose PE in COPD inpatients did not improve outcomes
A Spanish trial found that using d-dimer testing and, if positive, a CT pulmonary angiogram to diagnose pulmonary embolism (PE) did not affect risk of death, clot, or readmission in patients hospitalized for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/20/3.htm
20 Oct 2021
August 2, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/
Pulmonary rehabilitation associated with fewer readmissions for COPD patients
Only 1.5% of studied patients began pulmonary rehabilitation within 90 days of discharge from a hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but their rate of readmission within a year was 56.4%, compared to 64.6% in patients who did not begin rehab.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/28/3.htm
28 Jul 2021
October 2018
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/
Personalized steroid dose more effective than fixed dose in COPD exacerbations
Treatment failure was less common among hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received personalized corticosteroid therapy, guided by a dosing scale, than in those who received a 40-mg/d fixed dose of prednisolone or the equivalent, a Chinese study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/26/2.htm
26 May 2021