LA inhalers for COPD: perceptions/reality of ABCD GOLD tool use.

Varvara BoryushkinaVikas Kumar Martin BarnesShaha NabeelThuy LeHaseeb SiddiqueGreg HaggertyJoseph NgAlan Kaell

Published in: Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives (2020)

Most physicians felt it important to prescribe a maintenance LAMA to COPD patients hospitalized for acute exacerbation. Our hospital's use of LAMA or LABA demonstrates the need to incorporate strategies to encourage appropriate prescribing of these LA inhalers per GOLD guidelines.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
primary care
end stage renal disease
healthcare
chronic kidney disease
lung function
newly diagnosed
muscular dystrophy
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
adverse drug
clinical practice
air pollution
patient reported outcomes
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation