COPD
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Adherence to DASH diet reduced risk of COPD
Reduced risk of COPD with the DASH diet persistent in subgroups of men, younger adults, and smokers.
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Beware risk of sedatives for respiratory patients
There has not been a systematic assessment of commonly prescribed medications with potential respiratory side-effects.
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Severe health diagnoses drive suicide risk
The study included low-survival cancers, chronic ischemic heart disease, COPD, and degenerative neurological disease.
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Patients with COPD at higher risk of death 1 year after surgery
Frailty, cancer, and procedure type were factors that modified the association between COPD and outcomes.
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Exacerbation history found flawed as COPD risk predictor
Exacerbation history alone is not the most accurate risk-prediction tool.
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Comorbidities and the prognosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Up to 73 comorbidities associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have been described.
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Fat-free mass index tied to outcomes in underweight COPD patients
FFM was independently associated with improved scores on the 6-minute walk test for underweight patients.
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How your voice could reveal hidden disease
For some of us, when a disease begins or when our mental health declines, our voice changes.
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GOLD Report 2023: Important updates and revisions
Among the updates, the section on diagnostic criteria added a proposed new category “PRISm,” encompassing individuals who present with structural...
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OSA overlap impairs functional performance in COPD
Obstructive sleep apnea also increased exacerbations in adults with COPD in a prospective study.