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Odds for hospital mortality higher in patients with COPD or asthma vs. asthma-COPD overlap

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Length of stay was 1 day longer for those with asthma-COPD overlap vs. COPD or asthma alone and the cost was ...
MedPage Today

Asthma, COPD, and Respiratory Mortality: A Fresh Look

—A London-based research team tapped tens of thousands of records to determine the risk of dying from respiratory disease among people with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or a ...
Healio

Study identifies eight signals for asthma-COPD overlap

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new study identified eight signals for asthma-COPD overlap that researchers said appear to represent loci that ...
TheHealthSite

Asthma vs COPD: Why Symptoms Overlap And How Delayed Diagnosis Can Be Dangerous

Individuals frequently seek medical care from clinics for issues related to asthma; the predominant symptoms for these patients will be cough, difficulty with breathing, and wheeze. One of the ...
MedPage Today

Concept of 'Asthma-COPD Overlap' Still Alive Despite Detractors

HONOLULU -- Pulmonologists couldn't agree whether it was time to drop asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) as a distinct airway disease, allowing no end to this ...
Medscape

The Asthma–Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap Syndrome

Current drug treatments have been incorporated into clinical practice guidelines, such as the NAEPP EPR-3 for asthma [101] and GOLD treatment guidelines for COPD, [102] both of which recognize the ...
EurekAlert!

Exploring 'clinical conundrum' of asthma-COPD overlap in nonsmokers with chronic asthma

Glenview, Ill. (August 5, 2015)-- Researchers may be closer to finding the mechanism responsible for loss of lung elastic recoil and airflow limitation in nonsmokers with chronic asthma. The study ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Initial Maintenance Therapy Adherence Among Older Adults With Asthma-COPD Overlap

Older adults with coexisting asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), known as asthma-COPD overlap, who take fixed-dose combinations of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting β ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Machine Learning Tool Identifies Asthma, COPD Better Than a Physician, Study Finds

A diagnostic algorithm was evaluated for its ability to gauge the presence of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in a new analysis. An asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
Self

COPD vs. Asthma: What’s the Difference Between These Lung Conditions?COPD vs. Asthma: What’s the Difference Between These Lung Conditions?

A high-pitched whistling sound when you breathe is the first tip-off that air is fighting to make its way into or out of your lungs. That sound is aptly named wheezing, and it is something that people ...
Medscape

The Asthma–Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap Syndrome

Samuel Louie; Amir A Zeki; Michael Schivo; Andrew L Chan; Ken Y Yoneda; Mark Avdalovic; Brian M Morrissey; Timothy E Albertson Atopy, the genetic predisposition for the development of an IgE-mediated ...