Section 1: Epidemiology and aetiology Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ... , patients who develop COPD often suffer with both, and these vary in proportion from patient to patient. There are still patients with COPD who have purer phenotypes; the 'blue bloater' with predominant chronic ...
. Living and dying with COPD BMJ 2011; 342: d142 This qualitative study of patients with COPD aimed ... in COPD of identifying a time for transition to palliative care. Assessment of supportive and palliative care needs should be triggered at 'disease milestones' for COPD throughout a patient's lifetime ...
The signs that point to an asthma diagnosis and a checklist for primary care follow up. By Dr Atul...Section 1: Epidemiology and aetiology Asthma is a disease of the conducting airways, which ... hypersecretion, mucus plugs, mucosal oedema and smooth muscle contraction. 1 Asthma is the most common ... in each UK classroom. 1 The International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood (ISAAC) found ...
. Check that all your practice protocols for review of patients with common LTCs (diabetes, asthma, COPD ...
and COPD. By Dr Sally Hope...hypertensive patients, after training and support. Consequences of COPD beyond its effect on the lungs ... airflow limitation, associated with an abnormal inflammatory response, primarily caused by smoking'. COPD ... cigarette smoke and a low vitamin D level, put COPD patients at high risk of osteoporosis ...
-term conditions, such as asthma or COPD. The MUR then covers prescribed medication and inhaler technique ...
CRP, and thus we should carry on prescribing where appropriate. Flu vaccine and COPD J Epidemiol ... of exacerbations in COPD patients, there are patients who are reluctant to have this intervention for fear of triggering an exacerbation. This study compared the records of 293 pairs of GP patients with known COPD ...
in the community not receiving the flu jab. Vitamin D and COPD Ann Intern Med 2012; 156; 105-14 This study examined whether vitamin D supplementation would reduce exacerbations in patients with COPD. It was a placebo-controlled double-blind trial with patients with moderate to very severe COPD. They were either ...
in COPD patients Int J Clin Pract 2011; 65: 764-74 This study looked at the incidence of pneumonia-related events and mortality among COPD patients taking either budesonide/formoterol or salmeterol ... the current practice protocol on COPD for consistency of prescribing combination inhalers and consider a ...
been linked in some studies with atopyand asthma-associated phenotypes in children with established ... (especially males) at age six years were significant predictors of subsequent atopy/asthma ...
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