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Background and objective In recent years, the so-called asthma–chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap syndrome (ACOS) has received much attention, not …

Most clinicians can easily distinguish asthma and COPD. Asthma usually has an early onset
with intermittent symptoms, a good response to inhaled therapy, and is often associated with …

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

Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) or asthma-COPD overlap captures the subset of
patients with airways disease who have features of both asthma and chronic obstructive …

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

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

Many patients with breathlessness and chronic obstructive lung disease are diagnosed with
either asthma, COPD, or—frequently—mixed disease. More commonly, patients with …

Background Some patients share characteristics of both COPD and asthma. As yet, there is
no gold standard to identify patients with the so-called asthma–COPD overlap syndrome …

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are highly prevalent chronic
diseases in the general population. Both are characterized by heterogeneous chronic …