BMC pulmonary medicine
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BMC pulmonary medicine · Apr 2021
Multicenter StudyDisparities in access to food and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related outcomes: a cross-sectional analysis.
Millions of Americans are living in food deserts in the United States, however the role of the local food environment on COPD has not been studied. The aim of this study is to determine the association between food deserts and COPD-related outcomes. ⋯ Findings suggest an independent association between food desert and food access alone with COPD outcomes. Health program planning may benefit from addressing disparities in access to food.
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BMC pulmonary medicine · Apr 2021
Multicenter StudyMonotherapy in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension at four German PH centres.
Although combination therapy is the gold standard for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), some of these patients are still being treated with monotherapy. ⋯ Although "atypical" PAH patients with comorbidities or a more advanced age are less aggressively treated with respect to combination therapy, the outcome of monotherapy in these patients appears to be comparable to that of dual or triple therapy in "typical" PAH patients.