If symptoms stop completely: repeat inhaled bronchodilator when necessary; consider a short course of oral corticosteroid after third dose for acute symptoms within 8 h or if more than four in 24 ...

Setting: The Lung Health Study, a 5-year clinical trial to evaluate the effect of intensive smoking cessation counseling and regular use of an inhaled bronchodilator on the progression of COPD.

However, there are some patients with chronic severe asthma whose symptoms are inadequately controlled by high doses of inhaled corticosteroids and maximal bronchodilator therapy. Such patients ...

Mild to moderate COPD with vs without emphysema is associated with significantly worse HRQOL, but similar lung function decline.

Christmas tree syndrome, also called Christmas tree allergy, can lead to symptoms of seasonal allergies, including sneezing, ...

Failure to respond to initial bronchodilators ... of onset is similar [4]. Inhaled steroids, like budesonide, have different indications and evidence. Should we use corticosteroids (including ...

Results showed that 2 inhalations of Proair HFA achieved a significantly greater improvement in FEV1 over the pretreatment value vs placebo, along with a comparable bronchodilator. Moreover ...

The editor’s pick for this issue is a review article discussing the promise of hyperpolarised xenon MRI, a non-invasive ...

Nitric oxide is endogenously released in the airways by nitric oxide synthase. Functionally, two isoforms of this enzyme exist: constitutive and inducible. The former seems to protect airways from ...