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Budesonide/formoterol as effective as prednisolone plus formoterol in acute exacerbations of COPD A double-blind, randomised, non-inferiority, parallel-group, multicentre study

BACKGROUND: Oral corticosteroids and inhaled bronchodilators with or without antibiotics represent standard treatment of COPD exacerbations of moderate severity. Frequent courses of oral steroids may be a safety issue. We wanted to evaluate in an out-patient setting whether a 2-week course of inhale...

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Autores principales: Ställberg, Björn, Selroos, Olof, Vogelmeier, Claus, Andersson, Eva, Ekström, Tommy, Larsson, Kjell
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2653467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19228428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-10-11