Mucolytic agents versus placebo for chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Mucolytic agents versus placebo for chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
BACKGROUND Individuals with chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may suffer recurrent exacerbations with an increase in volume or purulence of sputum, or both. Personal and healthcare costs associated with exacerbations indicate that any therapy that reduces the occurrence of exacerbations is useful. A marked difference among countries in terms of prescribing of mu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd001287.pub5