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Researchers Pinpoint Catalyst Behind Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome
MD Magazine Among nonsmokers with chronic asthma, ACOS occurs when the patient suffers from a loss of lung elasticity and airflow limitation—symptoms mimicking COPD. However, recent evidence indicated this condition occurred because of large and small airway … |
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Lung Disease News |
New Observations Made in Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome (ACOS) Patients
Lung Disease News Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) accounts for 15 to 25% of obstructive airway diseases and patients affected with ACOS usually exhibit worse symptoms and clinical outcomes when compared to patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary … |
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Exploring 'clinical conundrum' of asthma-COPD overlap in nonsmokers with …
EurekAlert (press release) The study published today in the journal CHEST Unraveling the Pathophysiology of the Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome reported that both nonsmokers and smokers with chronic asthma share features of COPD. This conundrum, often referred to as … |
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Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome prevalent in patients with asthma with no …
Healio Toni Kiljander, MD, a pulmonary diseases and allergology specialist at Terveystalo Hospital in Finland, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study of patients with asthma who had no previous diagnosis of COPD but had a smoking history of at least … |
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Why the "Asthma COPD Overlap Syndrome" might be the best thing that ever …
Terms that are mentioned often by the people in the room grow bigger and bigger on the screen so it becomes immediately clear what is trending. One of the bigger terms was “ACOS”, which I later discovered stands for “asthma COPD overlap syndrome”. |
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Are the Diagnostic Criteria for Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome Appropriate in Biomass Smoke-Induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
Arch Bronconeumol. 2015 Mar 19;
Authors: Golpe R, Pérez de Llano L
PMID: 25799499 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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HCPLive |
COPD and Asthma Symptoms Overlap in Older Patients
HCPLive Up to half of older adults may suffer from symptoms of both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to findings presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta in … |
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Distinct features of COPD–asthma overlap syndrome identified
News-Medical.net US researchers have shown that patients with both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma have more exacerbations, less emphysema and more airway disease than patients with COPD alone. The 450 overlap patients, who were all … |
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Declaring War on Severe Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome
PR Newswire (press release) FOLSOM, Calif., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — War has been declared on Severe Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome (ACOS). It's tied in with recognition of World Asthma Day May 7, 2013. The World Asthma Foundation (WAF) is leading the charge to … |
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COPD-asthma overlap 'needs greater recognition' – from News-Medical.Net
News-Medical.net The authors found that patients with overlap COPD-asthma were more likely to be women (55.2 vs 24.2%), to never have smoked (56.7 vs 19.5%), and have a significantly higher body mass index (29.1 vs 27.8 kg/m2) than non-overlap patients. However … |
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