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How many measurements are needed to reliably identify patients with an eosinophilic phenotype?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fhow-many-measurements-are-needed-to-be-sure%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 20\u201340% of all COPD patients exhibit Type 2 inflammation, which is characterized by elevated BEC. This eosinophilic phenotype is associated with an increased risk of exacerbations and a favorable&#8230;&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fhow-many-measurements-are-needed-to-be-sure%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":565052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","cat_1_feature_home_top":false,"cat_2_editor_pick":false,"csco_eyebrow_text":"Eosinophils in the Blood in COPD","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"category":[11548,11508,11297,11455,11503],"tags":[12085,13405,100633,18861,100635,18866,13728,30630,27355,66175],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-565046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rx-en","category-education","category-general-internal-medicine","category-pneumology","category-studies","tag-copd-en","tag-dupilumab-en","tag-eosinophils-2","tag-eosinophils","tag-eosinophils-in-the-blood","tag-exacerbations","tag-ics-en","tag-inhaled-corticosteroids","tag-mepolizumab-en","tag-type-2-inflammation","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-19 00:32:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","id":564697,"slug":"combien-de-mesures-faut-il-effectuer-pour-en-etre-sur","post_title":"Combien de mesures faut-il effectuer pour en \u00eatre s\u00fbr ?","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/fr\/combien-de-mesures-faut-il-effectuer-pour-en-etre-sur\/"},"it_IT":{"locale":"it_IT","id":565058,"slug":"quante-misurazioni-occorrono-per-esserne-certi","post_title":"Quante misurazioni occorrono per esserne certi?","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/it\/quante-misurazioni-occorrono-per-esserne-certi\/"},"pt_PT":{"locale":"pt_PT","id":565069,"slug":"quantas-medicoes-sao-necessarias-para-se-ter-a-certeza","post_title":"Quantas medi\u00e7\u00f5es s\u00e3o necess\u00e1rias para se ter a certeza?","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/pt-pt\/quantas-medicoes-sao-necessarias-para-se-ter-a-certeza\/"},"es_ES":{"locale":"es_ES","id":565081,"slug":"cuantas-mediciones-se-necesitan-para-estar-seguro","post_title":"\u00bfCu\u00e1ntas mediciones se necesitan para estar seguro?","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/es\/cuantas-mediciones-se-necesitan-para-estar-seguro\/"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565057,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565046\/revisions\/565057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=565046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565046"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=565046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}