Change and step-down of combination treatment in asthma

Clinicians are often hesitant to change or reduce treatment in patients with asthma, especially when their symptoms are well-controlled. For such patients, this can mean over-treatment with unnecessarily high doses of corticosteroids or bronchodilators. In addition, […]

First Cardio-Vascular Publication from OPCRD

BODE Index a better Predictor of Exacerbations in COPD

Multi-component assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an evaluation of the ADO and DOSE indices and the global obstructive lung disease categories in international primary care data sets

Rupert C Jones, David Price, Niels H Chavannes, […]

OPC Publication in Thorax

Comorbidity in severe asthma requiring systemic corticosteroid therapy: cross-sectional data from the Optimum Patient Care Research Database and the British Thoracic Difficult Asthma Registry.

Joan Sweeney, Chris C Patterson, Andrew Menzies-Gow, Rob […]

East Midlands Respiratory Program: COPD Day 2015

We had an excellent time at the COPD day last Thursday, hearing how the clinicians of the East Midlands are making a difference on the ground to patients. In particular the work of Martin Cassidy, […]