To help with COPD flare-ups, you may consider a medication inhaler, antibiotics, oxygen therapy, and hospital care. Your healthcare team can best advise you on treatment for COPD exacerbations.

During and after an exacerbation, mental recovery involves taking care of both your physical and mental health. Resting, ...

The relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis (CB) is important, significant and overlapping in nature. This review will analyze the relationship ...

Although systemic corticosteroids, antibiotics and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) are recommended interventions for patients with acute COPD exacerbations, their benefits are not ...

The results of a multisite, randomized controlled trial show that C-reactive protein (CRP) point-of-care testing resulted in decreased antibiotic prescribing for patients who have acute exacerbations ...

Study reveals the Prospector calculator reduces antibiotic prescriptions in COPD exacerbations, improving outcomes and ...

A large-scale, population-based study in China reports that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients were nearly eight times more likely to use antibiotics than the general population and ...

Historically, long-term antibiotics have been used to treat COPD.2 Herath and Poole's review examines whether or not this therapy reduces COPD exacerbations and improves clinical outcomes. The ...

Treatment for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which contributed to ... treatment requiring systemic glucocorticoids or antibiotics"—at 45% versus 74% for the steroid ...

If you are considering natural treatments for COPD such as herbs, know that they may or may nor ... as many believe it contains powerful antioxidants and natural antibiotics to help our bodies fight ...

EBM Verdict on: C-reactive protein testing to guide antibiotic prescribing for COPD exacerbations. N Engl J Med 2019;381:111–120. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1803185. Using point-of-care C reactive protein ...