A new alphabet for COPD care: where xe2x80x9cExe2x80x9d stands for Espaxc3xb1a

[摘要] ExtractIn their correspondence; R.P. Young and R.J. Hopkins helpfully identify the Spanish guidelines [1] for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which; along with a later publication [2]; have helped specify key subgroups of COPD (marked by high eosinophil count; personal history of asthma or atopy; or positive IgE or skin tests) who potentially have an asthmaxe2x80x93COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) component benefiting from inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/long-acting xcexb2-agonist (LABA) combinations. Not so helpful in profiling ACOS patients are forced expiratory volume in 1 s reversibility criteria; since up to 50% of all COPD patients may reverse over 12% and 200xe2x80x85mL after bronchodilator use [3xe2x80x935].

[学科分类] 呼吸医学