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Withdrawal of inhaled corticosteroids in people with COPD in primary care: a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Most COPD patients are managed in primary care and receive ICS long-term and irrespective of severity. The effect of withdrawing ICS from COPD patients in primary car...

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Autores principales: Choudhury, Aklak B, Dawson, Carolyn M, Kilvington, Hazel E, Eldridge, Sandra, James, Wai-Yee, Wedzicha, Jadwiga A, Feder, Gene S, Griffiths, Chris J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2245934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18162137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-8-93