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Small airways disease (SAD) is considered pivotal in the pathology of COPD. There are numerous publications describing physiological and Computed Tomography (CT) imaging markers to detect SAD. However, there is no agreed gold standard and limited understanding of the clinical associations of these measures to disease outcomes.We conducted a systematic review using Embase, Medline and Pubmed to explore...
The Australian National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) guidelines recommend that inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) be reserved for patients with a post‐bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) less than 50% predicted and those who experience ≥2 exacerbations in 12 months. In total, 707 COPD patients were identified from the lung function test database at our tertiary hospital;...
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