Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have traditionally been viewed
as distinct clinical entities. Recently, however, much attention has been focused on patients …

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are different disease entities.
They are both clinical diagnoses, with diagnostic tools to discriminate between one another …

Introduction Patients with chronic airway disease may present features of both asthma and
COPD, commonly referred to as asthma–COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) …

Background Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) has been recently described by
international guidelines. A stepwise approach to diagnosis using usual features of both …

Asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap syndrome (ACOS) is
characterized by persistent airflow limitation with several features usually associated with …

It is increasingly recognized that both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) are heterogeneous diseases with a large inter-individual variability with respect to …

Asthma and COPD are the most frequent chronic respiratory diseases. Although they have
different characteristics, some individuals share features of both diseases, which has been …

Background Some patients with COPD may share characteristics of asthma; this is the so-
called asthma–COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS). There are no universally accepted criteria …

The term asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) has been used to identify a heterogeneous condition
in which patients present with airflow limitation that is not completely reversible and clinical …

Background and objective There is increasing recognition of asthma–COPD overlap
syndrome (ACOS), which shares some features of both asthma and COPD; however, the …