Research progress of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS)
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1372.2016.05.050
- VernacularTitle:哮喘-慢性阻塞性肺病重叠综合征的研究进展
- Author:
Yunfeng YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Asthma/CO;
Pulmonary disease,chronic obstructive/CO;
Review
- From:
Journal of Chinese Physician
2016;18(5):789-793
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are the most common obstructive airway diseases,mainly manifested with chronic inflammation affecting the whole respiratory tract.Some studies have shown that two diseases can appeared at the same time in partly patients,especially in elderly patients,known as asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS).Although the incidence of ACOS is high,but it is not well recognized,especially in relevant clinical trial,patients with asthma and COPD are often divided in the control group to make comparison.However,in recent years,with in-depth research about phenotype of COPD,ACOS as a new disease that has clinical manifestations of asthma and COPD attracted our great attention and promoted a series of furthermore studies.
