COPD is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. In some patients with COPD,
eosinophils contribute to inflammation that promotes airway obstruction; approximately a …

It is now widely recognized that asthma and COPD can coexist as asthma–COPD overlap
(ACO), but the preliminary attempts at providing universal guidelines for the diagnosis of …

abstract The term “asthma-COPD overlap”(ACO) has been applied to the condition in which
a person has persistent airflow limitation with clinical features of both asthma and COPD …

Background COPD is a highly heterogeneous disease. Potential biomarkers to identify
patients with COPD who will derive the greatest benefit from inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) …

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are both highly prevalent
conditions that can coexist in the same individual: the so-called 'asthma-COPD …

Introduction The asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) is a
clinical condition that combines features of those two diseases, and that is difficult to define …

Purpose Grouping COPD subjects into clinical phenotypes might be useful for the
management of the disease, but the clinical implications of such classification are still not …

Background The use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in combination with bronchodilators in
patients with COPD has been shown to decrease the rate of disease exacerbations and to …

Background Previously healthy firefighters with World Trade Center (WTC) dust exposure
developed airway disease. Risk factors for irritant-associated asthma/COPD overlap are …

Introduction EPOCONSUL is the first national audit to analyze medical care for COPD in
pulmonology departments in Spain. The main objective was to perform a retrospective …