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Conclusion: A COPD care pathway can successfully be embedded in an existing AF outpatient clinic infrastructure, using (micro)spirometry and remote analysis of results. Although 1 out of 5 patients had results suggestive of an underlying chronic respiratory disease, only 62% of these patients opted for referral. Preselection of patients as...

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Safety evaluation of revefenacin at the approved dose in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A meta-analysis - PubMed

Safety evaluation of revefenacin at the approved dose in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A meta-analysis - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34875569/

Revefenacin at the approved dose is generally well-tolerated and safe with minimal AEs, which supports its use as a once-daily nebulized LAMA for the treatment of moderate to severe stable...

Conclusion: Revefenacin at the approved dose is generally well-tolerated and safe with minimal AEs, which supports its use as a once-daily nebulized LAMA for the treatment of moderate to severe stable COPD. Additional studies are needed to complete the safety and tolerability profile.

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Diagnosis and Management

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Diagnosis and Management

Source : https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2023/0600/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease.html

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects nearly 6% of Americans. Routine screening for COPD in asymptomatic adults is not recommended. Patients with suspected COPD should have the diagnosis confirmed with...

Conclusions/Relevance: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects nearly 6% of Americans. Routine screening for COPD in asymptomatic adults is not recommended. Patients with suspected COPD should have the diagnosis confirmed with spirometry. Disease severity is based on spirometry results and symptoms. The goals of treatment are to...

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Airway smooth muscle area to predict steroid responsiveness in COPD patients receiving triple therapy (HISTORIC): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, investigator-initiated trial

Airway smooth muscle area to predict steroid responsiveness in COPD patients receiving triple therapy (HISTORIC): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, investigator-initiated trial

Source : https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2023/05/25/13993003.00218-2023

Although inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are highly effective in asthma, they provide significant but modest clinical benefit in COPD. Here, we tested the hypothesis that high bronchial airway smooth muscle (ASMC)...

Conclusions/Relevance: COPD patients with ΗASMC respond better to ICS than patients with LASMC, suggesting that this type of histological analysis may predict ICS responsiveness in COPD patients receiving triple therapy.

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Bioequivalence of Two Tiotropium Dry Powder Inhalers and the Utility of Realistic Impactor Testing

Source : https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jamp.2022.0065

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Conclusions: The test tiotropium DPI and Spiriva HandiHaler were bioequivalent when equitable biobatch comparisons, based on realistic NGI testing, were performed. The observations from this program support the utility of realistic test methods for inhaled product development.