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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 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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Health care costs double for patients with asthma–COPD overlap syndrome
Healio Researchers divided participants into two groups — those with asthma alone (n = 26,060), and those with asthma–COPD overlap syndrome (n = 6,505). Patients in each group were matched for sex, age, region, health plan type, index year and index month. |
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