Low incidence of pneumonia in COPD patients treated with inhaled corticosteroids undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation.

Erminia RidoloCristoforo IncorvaiaIrene MartignagoLaura PessinaFulvio LauretaniLuciano LoperfidoGian Galeazzo Riario-SforzaAnnalisa BrogliaBruna L GrittiLorenzo Panella

Published in: Clinical and molecular allergy : CMA (2018)

These findings suggest that a significantly lower incidence of pneumonia is found in COPD patients treated with ICS and PR than in patients treated with ICS but not with PR. This observation deserves to be investigated in large populations of PR-treated COPD patients, possibly in multi-centric cohort studies.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
newly diagnosed
end stage renal disease
risk factors
ejection fraction
cystic fibrosis
pulmonary hypertension
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
air pollution
respiratory failure
high resolution
patient reported
high speed