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When is dual bronchodilation indicated in COPD?

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, August 2017
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Title
When is dual bronchodilation indicated in COPD?
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International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, August 2017
DOI 10.2147/copd.s138554
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Mike Thomas, David MG Halpin, Marc Miravitlles

Abstract

Inhaled bronchodilator medications are central to the management of COPD and are frequently given on a regular basis to prevent or reduce symptoms. While short-acting bronchodilators are a treatment option for people with relatively few COPD symptoms and at low risk of exacerbations, for the majority of patients with significant breathlessness at the time of diagnosis, long-acting bronchodilators may be required. Dual bronchodilation with a long-acting β2-agonist and long-acting muscarinic antagonist may be more effective treatment for some of these patients, with the aim of improving symptoms. This combination may also reduce the rate of exacerbations compared with a bronchodilator-inhaled corticosteroid combination in those with a history of exacerbations. However, there is currently a lack of guidance on clinical indicators suggesting which patients should step up from mono- to dual bronchodilation. In this article, we discuss a number of clinical indicators that could prompt a patient and physician to consider treatment escalation, while being mindful of the need to avoid unnecessary polypharmacy. These indicators include insufficient symptomatic response, a sustained increased requirement for rescue medication, suboptimal 24-hour symptom control, deteriorating symptoms, the occurrence of exacerbations, COPD-related hospitalization, and reductions in lung function. Future research is required to provide a better understanding of the optimal timing and benefits of treatment escalation and to identify the appropriate tools to inform this decision.

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Unknown 34 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Postgraduate 7 21%
Student > Bachelor 5 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 15%
Other 4 12%
Professor 2 6%
Other 5 15%
Unknown 6 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 41%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 18%
Psychology 2 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 3%
Other 4 12%
Unknown 6 18%
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Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 October 2017.
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#6,966,514
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Outputs from International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
#783
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#102,017
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
#22
of 78 outputs
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