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The severity of airways obstruction as a determinant of treatment response in COPD

Guidelines recommend that patients with COPD are stratified arbitrarily by baseline severity (FEV(1)) to decide when to initiate combination treatment with a long-acting β(2)-agonist and an inhaled corticosteroid. Assessment of baseline FEV(1) as a continuous variable may provide a more reliable pre...

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Autores principales: Calverley, Peter MA, Pauwels, Romain A, Jones, Paul W, Anderson, Julie A, Vestbo, Jørgen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2707163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18046858