Blood eosinophils to guide inhaled maintenance therapy in a primary care COPD population

Blood eosinophils to guide inhaled maintenance therapy in a primary care COPD population

Blood eosinophils are a potentially useful biomarker for guiding inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment decisions in COPD. We investigated whether existing blood eosinophil counts predict benefit from initiation of ICS compared to bronchodilator therapy. We used routinely collected data from UK prim...

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Main Authors: Helen F. Ashdown, Margaret Smith, Emily McFadden, Ian D. Pavord, Chris C. Butler, Mona Bafadhel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2021-02-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/8/1/00606-2021.full

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