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Featured Buzz | Jan. 22, 2024

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2023 GOLD Report

Mike Hess goes over the 2023 GOLD report and addresses some of the 387 new references in this year’s edition.

Featured Buzz Sep.9

By Debbie Bunch September 9, 2024 Inhalers Frequently Misused by Hospitalized COPD Patients COPD patients rely on inhalers to control the condition. But those inhalers only help if they are used correctly. According to a recent study in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, too many people with COPD fall short when it comes to meeting that … Continued

Featured Buzz April 21, 2025

By Debbie Bunch April 21, 2025  Exclusive use of E-cigarettes Linked to Increased Risk of COPD According to researchers from Johns Hopkins, people who use e-cigarettes alone, without concomitant use of combustible cigarettes, are more likely to develop COPD than those who don’t smoke any type of cigarettes. The finding came from an analysis of medical … Continued

RC Currents

This week’s RC Currents includes topics on the impact of CBD vaping, COPD GOLD report, and allergic asthma.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certificate Course

About This Course Pulmonary rehabilitation is an important aspect of managing chronic pulmonary disease. It can help improve quality of life, increase exercise capacity, improve symptoms of shortness of breath and help manage anxiety and depression for persons with chronic respiratory diseases.. A vital part of a successful pulmonary rehabilitation program is the skill and … Continued

RC Currents

Single-Inhaler Extra-Fine Triple Therapy Plus Education Improves COPD Outcomes Researchers publishing in Respiratory Medicine have found that COPD patients who switched from dual- or multiple-inhaler therapy to single-inhaler extra-fine triple therapy and were educated on the correct way to use the inhaler experienced multiple improvements. The study was conducted among 126 patients with moderate-to-severe COPD. … Continued

Featured Buzz | Feb. 19

By Debbie Bunch February 19, 2024 Why Premature Lungs are So Stressed German researchers are shedding some light on why mechanical ventilation is especially hard on premature lungs. The investigators, who study the physics of mechanical stress resulting from ventilation at Liepzig University, used lung tissue from fetal and adult rats to determine how varying … Continued

Featured Buzz | Jan. 22, 2024

By Debbie Bunch January 22, 2024 Gabapentinoids Associated with Severe COPD Exacerbations A population-based study published by the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests COPD patients who take gabapentinoid drugs such as gabapentin and pregabalin are at increased risk for severe COPD exacerbations. In the study, which involved more than 10,000 people with COPD, researchers from … Continued