The assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) now allows for the evaluation of various patient-reported outcomes (PROs); however, these PROs assess different disease features than ...

COPD diagnosis Researchers have proposed that the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) be used as a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clinical outcomes assessment tool. Members of the COPD Biomarker ...

The study found that a combination of the Chinese symptom-based questionnaire and microspirometry could provide the most efficient and cost-effective way of identifying patients who need treatment for ...

—Physiologic changes apparent well before the onset of clinical COPD may help to predict smokers in whom COPD eventually develops—and can be detected by routine spirometry. Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, ...

Developing a COPD action plan helps patients improve their confidence and reduces their perceived disease burden. By creating action plans to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ...

After 12 weeks of nebulized NAC, patients’ mean phlegm scores, as measured by the COPD assessment test, significantly decreased from 3.47 at baseline to 2.62. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) nebulizer therapy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A community-based telehealth pulmonary rehabilitation program for patients with COPD was accessible, feasible ...

All of them can make you feel breathless. Doctors use stages to describe how severe your COPD is. This system is called the GOLD staging or grading system. Your grade will affect what treatment you ...