This content is machine translated COPD: Tailor therapy to individual characteristics Risk of exacerbation correlates with the eosinophil count and other factors The severity of COPD is determined based on lung function values, exacerbation history and symptom burden. A triple combination with inhaled steroids (ICS) is recommended for patients with a high...…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Clinical significance, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management Frailty in COPD Frailty has established itself as a central concept in modern pulmonology in recent years. While the syndrome was originally described primarily as a geriatric phenomenon, more recent data shows that...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated New studies on COPD From inhalers, allergies and physical activity Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a high symptom burden, and repeated hospitalizations are the result. A common problem is the misuse of inhalers ( MI) and the…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Internal Medicine Update Refresher in Zurich News in evidence-based diagnostics and therapy of COPD There are 400 million COPD sufferers worldwide. It is the fourth leading global cause of mortality. At the Internal Medicine Update Refresher 2017 in Zurich, the latest findings for evidence-based…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Pneumology Do not jump to conclusions, but make an accurate diagnosis Dear colleagues, can you imagine that in an emergency department, when a heart attack is suspected, a registration to the cath lab is made without an ECG being derived beforehand?…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated QualiCCare New standards in the treatment and care of COPD patients Once again, there were many interesting presentations to be heard at this year’s Trend Days Health in Lucerne. It was all about benchmarking in healthcare: useful, not useful? And what…
