A new guideline for managing exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) supports the use of oral corticosteroids and antibiotic therapy in ambulatory patients having an exacerbation ...
Investigators explored common challenges cited by hospital staff as barriers to implementation and adherence with national guidelines for managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In a ...
August 17, 2020 -- A subcommittee of the American Thoracic Society Assembly in Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology has released new clinical practice guidelinesto help advise clinicians on the optimal ...
A just-published study at the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Long Island, New York, offers a glimpse at what happens when doctors' clinical intuition collides with the guidelines they ...
Guideline adherence was associated with a statistically significant but not clinically significant decrease in CAT score and COPD exacerbation frequency. Adherence to guidelines for chronic ...
The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) underdiagnosis, false diagnosis, and treatment in the primary care setting is high and often inconsistent with Global Initiative for the ...
Primary care physicians manage the majority of individuals in the United States with COPD. [10] In many areas of the country where COPD mortality is high such as Nevada and the Appalachian Mountain ...
Dear Sirs, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in ageing populations. 1 However, there is a significant dissociation between guideline ...