Background Changes in microbial community composition in the lung of patients suffering
from moderate to severe COPD have been well documented. However, knowledge about …

Given the heterogeneity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), personalized
clinical management is key to optimizing patient outcomes. Important treatment goals …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex condition in which systemic
inflammation plays a role in extrapulmonary manifestations, including cardiovascular …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex and heterogeneous disease,
and there is a clinical need for validated markers and biomarkers that can contribute to the …

While single-inhaler triple therapy (SITT) devices were not available when the Global
Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease strategy and National Institute for Health and …

Background This study aims to investigate the association between immune cells and the
development of COPD, while providing a new method for the diagnosis of COPD according …

Several nutrients have been suggested to protect against airway destruction via antioxidant
activity. The present study aimed to evaluate the association between disease severity and …

The complexity of COPD implies the need to identify groups of patients with similar clinical
characteristics and prognosis or treatment requirements. This is why much attention has …

Clinically important deterioration (CID) is a composite tool developed to measure COPD's
progression. It is a promising concept that can improve treatment choices for COPD patients …

We have used impulse oscillometry to identify COPD patients with tidal expiratory flow
limitation (EFL), which is a measurement related to small airway disease. We report that …