Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) versus "pure" COPD: A distinct phenotype?

Conclusions: Compared to "pure"COPD patients, patients with ACOS exhibit lower cumulative smoking, suffer more from obesity and atopic diseases and use more asthma treatments. Disease severity (dyspnea, QoL, exacerbations, comorbidities) and prognosis (mortality) are not different from "pure" COPD patients.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 7, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Caillaud, D., Chanez, P., Escamilla, R., Burgel, P.-R., Court-Fortune, I., Nesme-Meyer, P., Deslee, G., Perez, T., Paillasseur, J.-L., Pinet, C., Jebrak, G., Roche, N. Tags: 1.11 Clinical Problems - Asthma Source Type: research