The Respiratory Disease

#BreatheBoldly for World COPD Day 2016!

Current Controversies in the Pharmacological Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (article from Blue Journal 2016)

Chronic Respiratory Symptoms with Normal Spirometry: A Reliable Clinical Entity? (Blue journal 2016)

Predicting Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Impact of Age (article from Respiration)

Tiotropium formulations and safety: a network meta-analysis (paper from Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety)

Systematic Review of Errors in Inhaler Use: Has Patient Technique Improved Over Time? (Chest 2016 free full text)

Survival after Endobronchial Valve Placement for Emphysema: A 10-Year Follow-up Study (article from American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)

Pocket Guide to COPD Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention – 2016 (Link for free download)

Global Strategy for Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of COPD GOLD 2016 reports now available for free download

Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease beyond the lungs (Lancet 2016 article)

Update in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2015 from American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis of Dual Bronchodilation With LAMA/LABA for the Treatment of Stable COPD (2016 Chest full text)

The discovery of roflumilast for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2016 Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery)

Indacaterol–Glycopyrronium versus Salmeterol–Fluticasone for COPD (full text article from NEJM 2016)

From smoking to COPD – current approaches in 2016 (full text from Pneumologia)

Treatable traits: toward precision medicine of chronic airway diseases (ERJ paper)

Defining the Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome in a COPD Cohort (Chest article)