Exhaled nitric oxide, systemic inflammation, and the spirometric response to inhaled fluticasone propionate in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A prospective study

Background: A subset of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may respond more favorably to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), but no simple method is currently utilized to predict the presence or absence of ICS responses in patients with COPD. We evaluated the ability of exhaled ni...

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Main Authors: Ken M. Kunisaki, Kathryn L. Rice, Edward N. Janoff, Thomas S. Rector, Dennis E. Niewoehner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-04-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1753465808088902