The American Journal of Managed Care

Sedentary Patients With COPD Have a Higher Risk of Emergency Department Visits, Study Says

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and reduced physical activity showed a higher risk of emergency department visits or hospitalizations in a recent study. Patients with ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

FDA Approves Nucala for COPD With an Eosinophilic Phenotype

Treatment with Nucala, an interleukin-5 antagonist monoclonal antibody, significantly reduced exacerbations leading to hospitalizations and emergency department visits. The Food and Drug ...
The Conversation

How improving COPD treatment in primary care could reduce demand on hospitals and emergency departments

PhD Candidate in Management (concentration in Health Systems), L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Andrew D. Scarffe (he/him) received funding from the Asthma Research Group Windsor-Essex ...
Columbus Dispatch

Emergency Medicine: For some with COPD, quitting smoking is major first step to health

I overheard the EMS radio calling in to the emergency department and could immediately hear the urgency in the voice of the paramedic about a patient being brought in. He told us they were bringing in ...
PMLive

GSK’s Nucala approved by MHRA for uncontrolled COPD

GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Nucala (mepolizumab) has been approved by the MHRA to treat adults with uncontrolled chronic ...