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Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Follow the links below to find systematic reviews of evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for COPD.
Reviewed January 2012
48 Resources Found
| Title: | Inhaled corticosteroids versus long-acting beta-agonists for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Inhalers containing corticosteroids, long-acting beta2-agonists or both can be used to treat severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the benefits and harms of the two individual treatments are unclear when comparing one treatment w... |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Optimal intensity and type of leg exercise training for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Supervised lower limb endurance training programmes for people with COPD involve stationary cycling or treadmill or ground walking. The intensity of training is considered a key component to improve exercise capacity. As we wanted to explore whether mo... |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Cardioselective beta-blockers for reversible airway disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Beta-blockers reduce mortality in patients with hypertension, heart failure and coronary arterial disease. Traditionally they have not been given to patients with reversible airway disease (asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with a reversib... |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Pharmacological interventions for the treatment of anxiety disorders in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Patients with COPD (emphysema and chronic bronchitis) are more likely to have anxiety disorders compared with the general population. These symptoms adversely affect various aspects of daily life. Medications are widely used to treat these symptoms but... |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | The effect of adding inhaled corticosteroids to tiotropium and long-acting beta-agonists for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease which includes the conditions chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD is characterised by blockage or narrowing of the airways. The symptoms include breathlessness and a chronic cough. COPD i... |
| Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Title: | Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors for hypercapnic ventilatory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Some people with advanced chronic lung disease (COPD - chronic bronchitis or emphysema) can experience breathing failure. This involves chemical changes which in turn can lower the drive to breathe. The drug acetazolamide is used for mountain sickness, ... |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | New treatments are needed for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This review looked at the effectiveness of a new class of oral medicines, phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitors (roflumilast and cilomilast), that have actions on airways affect... |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Cardioselective beta-blockers for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Long term treatment with beta-blocker medication reduces the risk of death in patients with high blood pressure, heart failure and coronary artery disease. But patients who have both COPD and cardiovascular disease sometimes do not receive these medicin... |
| Date: | Aug 2010 |
| Title: | Combination inhaled steroid and long-acting beta-agonist in addition to tiotropium versus tiotropium or combination alone for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease which includes the conditions chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema. COPD is characterised by blockage or narrowing of the airways. The symptoms include breathlessness and chronic cough. COPD ... |
| Date: | Aug 2010 |
| Title: | Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | We wished to determine the impact of pulmonary rehabilitation on hospital admissions and other patient-important outcomes such as quality of life. In order to be considered for our review, the clinical trials had to involve some sort of exercise program... |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation as a weaning strategy for intubated adults with respiratory failure |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Patients with acute respiratory failure frequently require endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation (invasive positive pressure ventilation) to sustain life. Complications of mechanical ventilation include respiratory muscle weakness, upper ai... |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Influenza vaccine for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Despite the almost universal recommendation that people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should receive an annual influenza vaccination, very few randomised controlled trials have evaluated the effect of influenza vaccination in these p... |
| Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Title: | Injectable vaccines for preventing pneumococcal infection in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | There is evidence that vaccines can protect healthy persons against invasive disease (bacteraemia, meningitis) and some evidence for prevention of community acquired pneumonia but little is known about the effectiveness of the vaccine in persons with ch... |
| Date: | May 2010 |
| Title: | Home care by outreach nursing for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Home visits from nurses for people with chronic lung disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD - a combinations of emphysema and chronic bronchitis) aim to help people maintain their health and reduce the need for hospital stays. The nurses d... |
| Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Title: | Telehealthcare for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The smoking related diseases of bronchitis and emphysema are now considered under the umbrella term of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD. This is because they are diseases which leave people breathless and often with a cough and increased phle... |
| Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Title: | Symptomatic oxygen for non-hypoxaemic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and breathlessness are sometimes prescribed oxygen therapy in an effort to reduce the sensation of breathlessness. However, the use of oxygen to relieve breathlessness in people who do not have reduced l... |
| Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Title: | Combination inhaled steroid and long-acting beta2-agonist versus tiotropium for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a general term referring to chronic bronchitis and emphysema, or both. COPD occurs when airflow to the lungs is restricted. Symptoms include cough and breathlessness and inhalers are commonly used to prev... |
| Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Title: | Oxygen therapy during exercise training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | People with COPD often have severe shortness of breath that prevents them from performing their everyday activities. Formal rehabilitation programs that include exercise training improve stamina, decrease breathlessness and enhance quality of life. Use ... |
| Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Title: | Systemic corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), sometimes called emphysema or chronic (obstructive) bronchitis, have episodes of deterioration which may need a hospital stay. Such exacerbations are often caused by infections. Treatment with co... |
| Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Title: | Ipratropium bromide versus short acting beta-2 agonists for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This review looks at studies that compare the regular use for at least four weeks of different types of inhaled short-acting bronchodilator medication in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, or emphysema/chronic bronchitis). There we... |
| Date: | Jul 2008 |
