Three important patient-reported outcomes can help predict hospitalizations among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, potentially helping clinicians to categorize patients' level of ...

Not only asthma but also COPD shows diurnal variability in physiological spirometric parameters of lung function and peak expiratory flow (PEF). 9,10 Recent studies have shown that COPD symptoms ...

Algorithms based on managed care pharmacy data can efficiently identify persons at risk for undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Objective: To develop and validate a method for ...