Risk of sepsis among patients with COPD treated with fixed combinations of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting Beta2 agonists.

In conclusion, long-term treatment with budesonide/formoterol was associated with lower rates of sepsis and deaths than fluticasone/salmeterol in patients with COPD.
PMID: 31509517 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Aging - September 9, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Wang CY, Lin YS, Wang YH, Lai CC, Wang HC, Chen L, Yu CJ, Taiwan Clinical Trial Consortium for Respiratory Diseases (TCORE) Tags: Aging (Albany NY) Source Type: research