Using inflammatory index to distinguish asthma, asthma-COPD overlap and COPD: A retrospective observational study

Using inflammatory index to distinguish asthma, asthma-COPD overlap and COPD: A retrospective observational study

BackgroundAlthough asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two well-defined and distinct diseases, some patients present combined clinical features of both asthma and COPD, particularly in smokers and the elderly, a condition termed as asthma-COPD overlap (ACO). However, the defi...

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Main Authors: Haiman Ma, Liu Yang, Lingli Liu, Ying Zhou, Xiaoya Guo, Shuo Wu, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Xi Xu, Xinyu Ti, Shuoyao Qu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
asthma
asthma-COPD overlap
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
inflammatory index
biomarker
routine blood test
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1045503/full

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