| Literature DB >> 33860810 |
Horst Olschewski1, Roland Buhl2, Georg Christian Funk3, Arschang Valipour4, Claus F Vogelmeier5.
Abstract
In recent years, large treatment studies have been published in the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and were supplemented by several post-hoc analyses in 2020. The new evidence was incorporated into the 2021 update of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) report. This article describes the updated fundamentals of and recommendations for the treatment of COPD. Indications for inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMA), and/or long-acting beta-mimetics (LABA) will be addressed. The treatment of COPD is contrasted with that of bronchial asthma. The impact of a concomitant asthma component on the treatment strategy for COPD is also discussed. In addition, the article focuses on triple therapy with LAMA, LABA, and ICS, for which the evidence and indications are described. Bronchodilation remains the foundation of COPD therapy. For patients with clustered exacerbations, triple therapy with LAMA + LABA + ICS confers a mortality benefit. Further analysis or studies are needed to clarify whether this effect is more pronounced for specific subgroups.Entities:
Keywords: Adrenergic beta-agonists, long-acting; Asthma, bronchial; Corticosteroids, inhaled; Disease exacerbation; Muscarinic antagonists, long-acting
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33860810 PMCID: PMC8217063 DOI: 10.1007/s00108-021-01021-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Internist (Berl) ISSN: 0020-9554 Impact factor: 0.743
| Differenzialdiagnose | Diagnostik |
|---|---|
| Röntgenuntersuchung des Thorax | |
| C‑reaktives Protein und/oder Prokalzitonin | |
| Röntgenuntersuchung des Thorax oder Sonographie | |
| Röntgenuntersuchung des Thorax oder Sonographie | |
| D‑Dimer und/oder Venenduplex | |
| Computertomographische Pulmonalisangiographie | |
| Elektrokardiogramm und Echokardiogramm | |
| Herzenzyme | |
| Elektrokardiogramm |

