Maintenance therapy with budesonide and formoterol in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

PM, Calverley; W, Boonsawat; Z, Cseke; N, Zhong; S, Peterson; H, Olsson

doi:10.1183/09031936.03.00027003

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Maintenance therapy with budesonide and formoterol in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Authors:

Calverley PM

Boonsawat W

Cseke Z

Abstract

Lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be improved acutely by oral corticosteroids and bronchodilators. Whether clinical improvement can be maintained by subsequent inhaled therapy is unknown. COPD patients (n=1,022, mean prebronchodilator forced expiratory volume in one s...

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