Associations among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with asthma, pneumonia, and corticosteroid use in the general population.
Jun-Jun YehCheng-Li LinChia-Hung KaoPublished in: PloS one (2020)
The COPD with asthma cohort had a higher risk of incident pneumonia, regardless of age, sex, comorbidities, and ICSs or OSs use. COPD cohort with ICSs use did not have a notable risk of incident pneumonia. The COPD with asthma cohort had a higher risk of incident pneumonia, even without ICSs/OSs use.