Real-World Status of Medical Care and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Respiratory Specialists in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The ACO Registry Study was a multicenter, prospective, observational cohort study aiming to clarify the situation of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) within the COPD population using the Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS) criteria. We reported the proportion of patients who met the ACO criteria among the COPD population at study registration.

Methods

Using data collected at registration, we investigated the implementation of each diagnostic examination/test required for ACO diagnosis in the full analysis set. Among patients with data necessary for ACO diagnosis, ACO/non-ACO patients with/without asthma diagnosed by a physician and proportions of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatments for COPD were calculated.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Hashimoto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9464737 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature