A novel test that looks at mucus proteins may help assess the health of the lungs in people with COPD, according to a new study.

Imaging and clinical characteristics reach high diagnostic efficacy when they are used to identify frequent acute exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A mix of ...

This article supports the use of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment ratio as a surrogate marker of COPD exacerbation risk for quality measurement purposes. Objectives: Despite ...

"Physicians should feel more confident in following the recent guideline recommendations both to use race-neutral reference equations and to use z scores for assessing severity…Together, these changes ...