Monitoring COPD patients: systemic and bronchial eosinophilic inflammation in a 2-year follow-up

Background High blood eosinophils seem to predict exacerbations and response to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) treatment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of our study was to prospectively evaluate for 2 years, blood and sputum eosinophils in COPD patients treated...

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Published in:	BMC pulmonary medicine Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 247 - 8
Main Authors:	Pignatti, Patrizia, Visca, Dina, Zappa, Martina, Zampogna, Elisabetta, Saderi, Laura, Sotgiu, Giovanni, Centis, Rosella, Migliori, Giovanni Battista, Spanevello, Antonio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 19.05.2024 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Administration, Inhalation Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use Aged Asthma Blood Bronchodilator Agents - therapeutic use Bronchodilators Care and treatment Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Comorbidity COPD Corticosteroids Critical Care Medicine Disease Progression Eosinophilia Eosinophils Female Follow-Up Studies Forced Expiratory Volume Heart diseases Humans Inflammation Inhaled corticosteroids Intensive Internal Medicine Ischemia Leukocyte Count Leukocytes (eosinophilic) Lung diseases Lung diseases, Obstructive Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Pneumology/Respiratory System Prospective Studies Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - drug therapy Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology Respiratory agents Respiratory function Sputum Sputum - cytology Statistical analysis Inhaled corticosteroids Blood Sputum Eosinophils COPD
ISSN:	1471-2466, 1471-2466
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