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Article: INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS REDUCE DEATH RATE
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright Society for Advancement of Education Jul 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who use inhaled corticosteroids may have a significantly decreased mortality risk, according to a study by Christine Macie of Cambridge Hospital, Ontario, Canada. Patients who received inhaled corticosteroids within 30 days of hospital discharge had a 25% reduced all-cause mortality rate. Cardiovascular-related death alone in patients using steroids paired with beta-agonists is reduced by 38%.
"COPD is an undertreated lung disease that has associated heart disease," explains Macie. "Controversy exists with respect to the effect of inhaled corticosteroids on mortality. Our study examined the effect of inhaled corticosteroids on ...