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Biologics in asthma–COPD overlap syndrome
What is your opinion on the use of biologics in patients with asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome?
2017-12-13
What is your opinion on the use of biologics in patients with asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome?
How can we monitor cough in clinical practice? Is there a place for questionnaires or cough monitors outside specialist centers, maybe even in general practitioners’ offices?
Some current lung cancer screening programs have simplified inclusion criteria, limited to age over 55 years and significant exposure to tobacco smoke. Do you think such criteria are appropriate?
Is it likely that in the near future the knowledge on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) phenotypes will help to choose an optimal treatment?
Since our talk last year at MIRCIM 2016, have there been any new studies on noninvasive ventilation with clinically important conclusions?
What studies, in addition to chest x-ray and spirometry, should be performed in outpatients presenting with chronic cough? When should such patients be referred to specialist centers?
Epidemiological studies indicate that patients with asthma–COPD overlap constitute about 1/3 of patients with obstructive airway diseases. However, in daily practice the coexistence of asthma and COPD does not seem to be diagnosed often. What are the possible reasons for this discrepancy?
If a patient enters a screening program and the first computed tomography (CT) is negative, how often are CT scans usually repeated in those with no pulmonary nodules? Is it necessary to repeat the CT scan if the first screening was negative?
In the 2017 GOLD report there was a significant change in the guidelines on inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) use. Are there still indications for ICS in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients who do not need triple therapy?
Family physicians are frequently approached by patients of all ages, usually asymptomatic, who request chest x-ray because “it’s been a long time since the last one.” Would you perform the study in such cases?
