NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, better known as COPD, is a growing medical problem that literally takes your breath away. A possible treatment for one form of COPD ...

—A recent study analyzed patients with COPD in order to identify characteristics that could differentiate those with the chronic bronchitis phenotype. Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD, Professor of ...

Historically, guaifenesin data in chronic respiratory care has been limited to short-term (≤14-day) use. The GASP Study, an investigator-initiated study (IIS) conducted under the direction of Dr.

Initially, I declined to offer an antibiotic, writing a prescription for antitussive therapy instead. When the patient persisted in wanting an antibiotic, the purist in me wanted to reiterate that an ...

It wasn’t a surprise for Grace Lawrence when she started having respiratory symptoms. “I was a daily smoker for 56 years,” the Bucks County retiree says. “I knew for a while I had problems, but it ...

Mrs. H, a 55-year-old Caucasian, presented as a new patient transfer with symptoms of uncomplicated acute bronchitis. She described five other similar illnesses over the past several months, noting a ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Patients with COPD and chronic bronchitis had a worse ...

Researchers describe how the concentration of mucins -- the proteins that make mucus thick -- is abnormally high in chronic bronchitis and that high mucin concentrations are associated with disease ...

Mucus dehydration may lead to reduced mucociliary clearance and symptoms of chronic bronchitis, research suggests. Wayne Anderson and colleagues from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ...

New research exposes a large discrepancy in the length of time patients expect an acute cough illness, also called acute bronchitis, to last and the reality of the illness. This mismatch may be a ...

If you haven't had it, there's a good chance you will. Doctors in the Baton Rouge area are seeing a lot of bronchitis cases right now. The hallmark symptom is a nagging cough. But, it can also include ...

A man who looks older than his 43 years walks into the clinic. A cigarette smoker, he made a same-day appointment because of a 5-day history of cough. The cough was initially dry and mild, but upon ...