Randomized controlled trials of pharmacological treatments to prevent COPD exacerbations: applicability to real-life patients

Randomized controlled trials of pharmacological treatments to prevent COPD exacerbations: applicability to real-life patients

Abstract Background In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, all efforts should be made to prevent exacerbations because each event modifies the trajectory of the disease. Treatment recommendations are mostly built on results from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) whose methodology...

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Main Authors: Laurie Pahus, Pierre-Régis Burgel, Nicolas Roche, Jean-Louis Paillasseur, Pascal Chanez, on behalf of Initiatives BPCO scientific committee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Clinical research
External validity
COPD exacerbations
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-019-0882-y

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