Article
The asthma-COPD overlap syndrome: do we really need another syndrome in the already complex matrix of airway disease?
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 1 Jan 2016
Kostikas Konstantinos, Clemens Andreas, Patalano Francesco
Abstract excerpt
The term asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) is one of multiple terms used to describe patients with characteristics of both COPD and asthma, representing ~20% of patients with obstructive airway diseases. The recognition of both sets of morbidities in patients is important to guide practical treatment decisions. It is widely recognized that patients with COPD and coexisting asthma present with a higher disease...
Topics
- Airway Obstruction
- Asthma
- Humans
- Lung
- Phenotype
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Prognosis
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Syndrome
- Terminology as Topic