Given the paucity of research on asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) and the high prevalence of co-morbidities and healthcare utilization associated with it, the current study looked at the prevalence of ACO and its clinico-
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The different faces of the asthma−COPD overlap syndrome [PDF]
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are highly prevalent, chronic, diseases [1, 2]. Asthma symptoms usually start at a young age, whereas COPD generally becomes symptomatic after the fourth decade of life. It has been recognised in clinical practice and by international asthma and COPD guidelines [1, 2] that many people have ...
Postma, Dirkje S. +1 more
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Perceptions of Severe Asthma and Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome Among Specialists: A Questionnaire Survey [PDF]
Purpose: Severe asthma and asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap syndrome (ACOS) are difficult to control and are often associated with poor clinical outcomes.
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Clinical characteristics of eosinophilic COPD versus COPD patients with a history of asthma
Eosinophilic COPD appears to be a distinct patient subgroup with an increased corticosteroid response. Eosinophilic COPD has been labelled as part of the asthma COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS).
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Inhalation characteristics of asthma patients, COPD patients and healthy volunteers with the Spiromax® and Turbuhaler® devices: a randomised, cross-over study. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Spiromax® is a novel dry-powder inhaler containing formulations of budesonide plus formoterol (BF). The device is intended to provide dose equivalence with enhanced user-friendliness compared to BF Turbuhaler® in asthma and chronic ...
Philip Chetcuti +9 more
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Overlap Syndrome in Respiratory Medicine: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [PDF]
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are highly prevalent chronic diseases in the general population. Both are characterized by similar mechanisms: airway inflammation, airway obstruction, and airway hyperresponsiveness.
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Pendekatan Terapi Asthma-COPD Overlap (ACO) [The Approach of Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome Treatment]
Asthma and COPD are the most common chronic airways disease and have different clinical manifestations and treatments. Asthma is an airway inflammatory disease mediated by Th2 cytokines, CD4 + lymphocytes and eosinophils, whereas inflammation of COPD is ...
Muhammad Amin, Alamsyah Sitepu
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Asthma-COPD Overlap: Clinical Relevance of Genomic Signatures of Type 2 Inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [PDF]
Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease and likely includes a subgroup that is biologically comparable to asthma.
Hiemstra, Pieter S +23 more
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GOLD 2021 Strategy Report: Implications for Asthma–COPD Overlap
Miguel Roman-Rodriguez,1 Alan Kaplan2 1Primary Care Respiratory Research Unit, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Baleares (IdISBa), Palma de Mallorca, Spain; 2Family Physician Airways Group of Canada, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON ...
Roman-Rodriguez M, Kaplan A
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Coronary heart disease and heart failure in asthma, COPD and asthma-COPD overlap [PDF]
Introduction We investigated risk of coronary heart disease and heart failure in phenotypes of obstructive airway disease. Methods Among 91 692 participants in the Copenhagen General Population Study, 42 058 individuals were classified with no ...
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