Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are more likely to die within a year of undergoing elective surgery and to incur higher healthcare costs than similar patients without COPD, ...

For some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, medications, pulmonary rehabilitation and other typical interventions may not be enough. Particularly for patients with later stage COPD, ...

People who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD experience obstructed airflow from their lungs due to inflammation. They often feel short of breath or experience wheezing. With proper ...

"Because patients with COPD are often frail and have many health problems, their management around the time of surgery should address not only COPD but all their health issues," says Dr. Ashwin Sankar ...

In the first study to directly examine the effects of beta-blockers on surgical patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers have found that, contrary to previous thought, ...

"Patients with COPD typically have concurrent comorbidity, biopsychosocial issues and frailty," write the authors. "Our findings highlight the importance of careful risk prediction and decision-making ...

(Reuters Health) - Obese people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who get weight loss surgery may go to the hospital less often with acute breathing problems after their operations, a ...

To compare the effectiveness of opportunistic spirometric screening of patients attending a general practice surgery with screening on randomly selected home visits. 100 patients aged 45+ attending ...

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), who undergo major surgery, are 61 per cent more likely to die in the year after surgery, an Indian-origin researcher-led study has revealed ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “A big take-away from this study is that these patients are at increased risk of death and incur higher health ...

Researchers found that compared with demographically similar patients without COPD undergoing similar surgery, people with COPD had a 61 per cent increased risk of dying and a 13 per cent increase in ...

Major surgery is a challenge for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), raising their odds of death within a year by 61%, new research shows. The researchers also found these ...