The asthma–COPD overlap syndrome: do we really need another syndrome in the already complex matrix of airway … – Dove Medical Press

The asthma–COPD overlap syndrome: do we really need another syndrome in the already complex matrix of airway
Dove Medical Press
Abstract: The term asthma–COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) is one of multiple terms used to describe patients with characteristics of both COPD and asthma, representing ~20% of patients with obstructive airway diseases. The recognition of both sets of …

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The asthma–COPD overlap syndrome: how is it defined and what are its clinical implications? – Dove Medical Press

The asthma–COPD overlap syndrome: how is it defined and what are its clinical implications?
Dove Medical Press
Abstract: It is increasingly recognized that both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are heterogeneous diseases with a large inter-individual variability with respect to their clinical expression, disease progression, and

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Asthma-COPD Overlap — A New Clinical Entity – Medscape


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Asthma-COPD Overlap — A New Clinical Entity
Medscape
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are both common and well-recognized airway disorders. They have usually been considered discrete entities with treatments that are described by different guidelines (GINA and GOLD, …
Do asthma and COPD truly exist?EurekAlert (press release)
Is labelling every breathing problem as asthma & COPD even viable?TheHealthSite
Are diagnostic labels of asthma, COPD even viable?ETHealthWorld.com

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Roflumilast Gets the Go-Ahead for Patients with Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome – MD Magazine

Roflumilast Gets the Go-Ahead for Patients with Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome
MD Magazine
V. Beloglazov, from the Medical Academy named after S. I. Georgievsky in Russia, and colleagues studied the effects of roflumilast in patients with ACOS and presented the findings in a poster session at the 2015 American College of Allergy, Asthma, and …

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