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More than a third with COPD also have asthma symptoms, study finds

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More than a third of adults with newly diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) also have asthma symptoms, a general practice study has found.1 The past few years have seen… Click to show full abstract

More than a third of adults with newly diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) also have asthma symptoms, a general practice study has found.1 The past few years have seen growing recognition that a significant proportion of patients with COPD have features of asthma. But it is not clear how many people have this type of asthma-COPD overlap syndrome, and there is no generally agreed definition. A …

Keywords: study finds; asthma symptoms; copd also; symptoms study; also asthma; third copd

Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2017

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