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Review Meta Analysis
Rescue medication use as a patient-reported outcome in COPD: a systematic review and regression analysis.
Reducing rescue medication use is a guideline-defined goal of asthma treatment, however, little is known about the validity of rescue medicine use as a marker of symptoms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To improve patient outcomes, greater insight is needed into the relationship between rescue medication use and alternative COPD outcomes. ⋯ This analysis provides clear evidence of associations at a patient group level between rescue medication use and other clinically important COPD outcomes.
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Review Meta Analysis
Rescue medication use as a patient-reported outcome in COPD: a systematic review and regression analysis.
Reducing rescue medication use is a guideline-defined goal of asthma treatment, however, little is known about the validity of rescue medicine use as a marker of symptoms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To improve patient outcomes, greater insight is needed into the relationship between rescue medication use and alternative COPD outcomes. ⋯ This analysis provides clear evidence of associations at a patient group level between rescue medication use and other clinically important COPD outcomes.