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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research

This cluster of papers focuses on the standardisation, diagnosis, and management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), including the use of spirometry for lung function testing, global burden analysis, exacerbation frequency, and the development of guidelines for treatment and prevention. It also explores the relationship between COPD and systemic inflammation, comorbidities, and mortality.

171,752 works

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Most cited

  1. Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Jørgen Vestbo, Suzanne S. Hurd, Àlvar Agustí, Paul Jones · 2012 · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 16,121 citations

  2. Standardisation of spirometry

    Martin R. Miller, J. Hankinson, Vito Brusasco, Felip Burgos · 2005 · European Respiratory Journal · 15,803 citations

  3. Standardization of Spirometry, 1994 Update. American Thoracic Society

    Author unknown · 1995 · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 6,628 citations

  4. Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Romain Pauwels, A. Sonia Buist, Peter Calverley, Christine Jenkins · 2001 · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 6,615 citations

  5. Interpretative strategies for lung function tests

    Raffaello Pellegrino, Giovanni Viegi, Vito Brusasco, Robert O. Crapo · 2005 · European Respiratory Journal · 6,041 citations

  6. Multi-ethnic reference values for spirometry for the 3–95-yr age range: the global lung function 2012 equations

    Philip H. Quanjer, Sanja Stanojevic, Tim Cole, Xaver Baur · 2012 · European Respiratory Journal · 5,986 citations

Most recent

  1. Predictors of 30-day pulmonary readmissions in patients with COPD: a case-control study

    Bahaa El Deen Wehbeh, Mohamad Itani, Hussein Ghassani, Thea Kaady · 2026 · BMC Pulmonary Medicine · 0 citations

  2. Clinical and Inflammatory Benefits of Nebulized Furosemide with Salbutamol–ipratropium in COPD Exacerbations: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Mahdi Behi, Babak Gholamine, Mohammad Reza Masjedi, Alireza Eslaminejad · 2026 · Iranian Journal of Allergy Asthma and Immunology · 0 citations

  3. Cytokine Expression and Promoter Methylation Signatures in COPD

    Amirhossein Faghih Ojaroodi, Neda Gholamzadeh, Khadijeh Pouya, Sanaz Abbaspour-Aghdam · 2026 · Iranian Journal of Allergy Asthma and Immunology · 0 citations

  4. What is the evidence for using Oromorph for breathlessness in palliative patients?

    Tripdatabase · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 0 citations

  5. What is the evidence for using Oromorph for breathlessness in palliative patients?

    Tripdatabase · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 0 citations

  6. Comparative effectiveness of corticosteroid choice in hospitalized patients with concurrent COPD and heart failure exacerbations

    Omar El Fadel, Tatyana Nguyen, Katherine L. Modzelewski, Grace Ferri · 2026 · Scientific Reports · 0 citations

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