The CAT questionnaire for COPD can distinguish between different types of patients. The COPD Assessment Test (CAT) can be used to distinguish between newly diagnosed patients, those with more ...

Using the GOLD standards for COPD staging will identify high-risk patients, improve delivery of care, and reduce health care costs. In the United States, COPD is mainly diagnosed and managed in the ...

(HealthDay)—Chest computed tomography (CT) is increasingly being used, and can provide additional insight, in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to research published online June ...

A 12-week prospective cohort enrolled 73 patients with guideline-based asthma or COPD and no speech-affecting comorbidities, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday finalized guidance to help sponsors developing drugs to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to use the St. George’s Respiratory ...

A quality assessment program conducted in the Republic of Korea may be effective in improving disease management and prognosis for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the ...

COPD is currently the third leading cause of death and an important cause of complications worldwide. Although COPD is a substantial problem everywhere, China and India account for more than 50% of ...

The decrease in global cancer mortality. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text component.

The American Lung Association is announcing a new initiative to help people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...