Short‐acting beta2‐agonists for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

P Sestini, E Renzoni, S Robinson… - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Abstract Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic condition
characterised by progressive airflow limitation that is at most partially reversible. Despite the …

Long‐acting beta2‐agonists for poorly reversible chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

S Appleton, P Poole, BJ Smith, A Veale… - Cochrane database …, 2006 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by partially
reversible airflow limitation. Many patients have little reversibility to short acting …

Long‐acting beta2‐agonists for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

KM Kew, C Mavergames… - Cochrane Database of …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a respiratory disease that
causes progressive symptoms of breathlessness, cough and mucus build‐up. It is the fourth …

Regular inhaled short acting β2 agonists for the management of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

FSF Ram, P Sestini - Thorax, 2003 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: Despite the lack of reversibility, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) often report symptomatic improvement with inhaled short acting β2 agonist …

Ipratropium bromide versus long‐acting beta‐2 agonists for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

S Appleton, T Jones, P Poole… - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a condition associated with
high morbidity, mortality and cost to the community. Patients often report symptomatic …

Effect of long‐acting beta‐agonists on the frequency of COPD exacerbations: a meta‐analysis

J Wang, B Nie, W Xiong, Y Xu - Journal of clinical pharmacy …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Summary What is Known and Objective: Inhaled long‐acting beta‐agonists have been
licensed for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) since the late …

Comparative efficacy of long-acting β2-agonists as monotherapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a network meta-analysis

JF Donohue, KA Betts, EX Du, P Altman… - … journal of chronic …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Long-acting β2-agonists (LABAs) have demonstrated efficacy in patients with
COPD in clinical trials. The purpose of this study was to assess the comparative efficacy of …

Inhaled corticosteroids versus long‐acting beta2‐agonists for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

S Spencer, C Karner, CJ Cates… - Cochrane Database of …, 2011 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Long‐acting beta 2‐agonists and inhaled corticosteroids can be used as
maintenance therapy by patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Inhaled short‐acting beta2‐agonists versus ipratropium for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

CD Brown, DC McCrory, J White… - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Inhaled short acting beta2 adrenergic agonists and ipratropium bromide are
both used in the treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Combined corticosteroid and long‐acting beta2‐agonist in one inhaler versus placebo for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

LJ Nannini, P Poole, SJ Milan… - Cochrane Database …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Both long‐acting beta 2‐agonists (LABA) and inhaled corticosteroids (ICS)
have been recommended in guidelines for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary …