Monthly Archives: April 2017

Managing elderly patients with COPD through empowerment

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Demographic, familial, and social factors have important roles in the process of empowering elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published in PLoS One. For elderly patients with COPD, empowerment techniques are central to reducing the severity or frequency of exacerbations, preventing hospitalization, and improving […]

Real-World Observational Study Will Aid in Understanding of Progression of COPD

 in Research  tagged COPD Progression

A new collaboration between the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University’s MURDOCK Study, and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc will try to better understand how chronic obstructive pulmonary disease progresses in the real world. See more at: http://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/real-world-observational-study-will-aid-in-understanding-of-progression-of-copd#sthash.BQsjE9Ti.dpuf