Both asthma and COPD are heterogeneous diseases identified by characteristic symptoms
and functional abnormalities, with airway obstruction common in both diseases. Asthma …

Asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) is a heterogeneous condition that describes patients who
show persistent airflow limitation with clinical features that support both asthma and COPD …

Asthma is a common disorder of the airways characterized by airway inflammation and by
decline in lung function and airway remodeling in a subset of asthmatics. Airway remodeling …

Background: The physiological importance of mucus plugs in computed tomography (CT)
imaging is being increasingly recognized. However, whether airway inflammation and …

Management of patients with asthma COPD overlap (ACO) is clinically challenging due to
insufficient evidence of pathological changes in these patients. In this cross-sectional study …

Background Associations of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) with airway wall
remodeling and mucus plugs remain to be explored in smokers and nonsmokers with …

Introduction: Eosinophilic otitis media (EOM) is well-known to frequently co-exist with adult-
onset asthma. Both diseases are similar type 2 inflammation and are considered to have a …

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the structural changes of the airways using
the endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) in ACO patients compared to severe asthma and …

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are both common chronic lung
diseases with considerable interpatient heterogeneity. The current definition of COPD is …

Asthma is a common disorder of the airways characterized by airway inflammation and by
decline in lung function and airway remodeling in a subset of asthmatics. Airway remodeling …