BACKGROUND The progression of obstructive airway diseases (OADs) including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome in older adults is not well understood. OBJECTIVE To examine the prognosis of OADs and to identify potential determinants for longitudinal changes in clinical outcomes. METHODS We consecutively recruited 99 older adults (>55 years) ...

ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA Waszczykowska K, Węgierska M, Drygała R, Pawliczak R. Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome the risk of severe COVID-19. Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal Allergology. 2021;8(1):21-30. doi:10.5114/pja.2021.104655. APA Waszczykowska, K., Węgierska, M., Drygała, R., ...

Many patients with breathlessness and chronic obstructive lung disease are diagnosed with either asthma, COPD, or-frequently-mixed disease. More commonly, patients with uncharacterized breathlessness are treated with therapies that target asthma and COPD rather than one of these diseases. This common practice represents the difficulty in distinguishing these disorders clinically, particularly i...

Although in textbooks asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are viewed as distinct disorders, there is increasing awareness that many patients have features of both. This article reviews the asthma-COPD overlap syndrome.