…and a comprehensive pharmaceutical care program significantly improved medication adherence, improved quality of life, decreased severe exacerbation and hospitalisation rate, and higher quit rates (Xin 2016). Such interventions have not…
…safety and efficacy of e-cigarettes is still emerging (Hartmann-Boyce 2016). Until long-term safety and efficacy is established, e-cigarettes cannot be recommended as a harm minimisation strategy among smokers with, or…
…individuals’ self-control over their condition following exercise training alone (Alison 2017, McCarthy 2015, Spruit 2013, Ries 2007, Paneroni 2020) [evidence level I]. Improvements in muscle strength and self-efficacy have also…
…beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) plus formoterol furoate 100/6 ug two puffs bd with formoterol furoate (FF) 12 ug one puff bd in patients with COPD, patients with eosinophil counts ≥ 279.8…
…associated with an increased risk of COPD (OR 2.25; 95% CI 1.40 to 3.62, p < 0.01, I² = 98%, for heterogeneity based on a random-effects analysis model). The risk…
…2016). In a 2017 meta-analysis that included eight longitudinal observation studies, patients with COPD had a significantly increased stroke risk compared to controls (HR 1.30, 95% CI 1.18 to 1.42)…