Physician's Weekly2d
7 Risk Factors Identified for Cognitive Impairment in COPD
Given the rising prevalence of cognitive impairment in COPD, researchers have called for increased efforts to identify risk ...
Neuroscience News2d
Smell Test at Home May Sniff Out Early Cognitive Decline
A new study highlights that olfactory testing could offer a simple, cost-effective way to detect early cognitive impairment ...
Healio2d
‘The earlier, the better’: Use spirometry to detect COPD during lung cancer screenings
Due to the destructive nature of COPD on patients’ lungs and well-being, timely diagnosis is key, and integrating spirometry ...
Knowridge Science Report2d
A simple nose test could help detect COPD early
Scientists in Sweden have found a new and easy way to detect COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) early—by testing ...
The Impartial Reporter3d
‘Game-changing’ AI-driven lung test set for GP surgery rollout
The device, known as N-Tidal Diagnose, uses carbon dioxide sensors to measure changes in a patient’s lung function with results given in minutes.
AI lung disease test to be rolled out in GP surgeries
A revolutionary AI-powered diagnostic test for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is set to be introduced in GP ...
Healio7d
Patients with COPD plus depression or anxiety experience greater disease burden
Patients with COPD plus a depression/anxiety disorder had poorer scores related to disease burden and health-related quality of life, according to data published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ...
Physician's Weekly12d
New GOLD Guidelines Help Physicians Reduce COPD Overdiagnosis
New GOLD guidelines recommend using pre-bronchodilator spirometry to rule out COPD and post-bronchodilator measurements to ...
Medscape22d
The COPD Assessment Test in the Evaluation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations
This was a single-center, prospective study. Patients with COPD were included if their post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1)/forced vital capacity ratio was <0.7 and FEV 1 ...
Medscape22d
Assessment and Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Emergency Department and Beyond
This article demonstrates that in exacerbations of COPD associated with increased cough and sputum purulence (Anthonisen type I and II above), antibiotic therapy, regardless of choice ...