1. Occurrence of morning symptoms
Occurrence of morning symptoms. a) In all studied chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. b) Occurrence of different morning symptoms in COPD patients experiencing symptoms. c) Symptomatic COPD patients who report the morning as worst time of...
Occurrence of morning symptoms. a) In all studied chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. b) Occurrence of different morning symptoms in COPD patients experiencing symptoms. c) Symptomatic COPD patients who report the morning as worst time of the day for that symptom (results for at waking and the rest of the morning are combined). #: Classification of airflow limitation according to Global initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD); ¶: “severe” was defined in this study as regular use of COPD medication plus a third level of breathlessness or above using the Medical Research Council dyspnoea scale and one or more exacerbations in the preceding 12 months +: in all included COPD patients.
Amanda R. van Buul et al. Eur Respir Rev 2017;26:160033
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