{"title":"Tailoring of corticosteroids in COPD management.","authors":"Daan A De Coster, Melvyn Jones","doi":"10.1007/s13665-014-0084-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13665-014-0084-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This literature review updates the reader on the new studies regarding steroid therapy over the last year in stable COPD and in exacerbations. In stable COPD, we critique the 2011 update and 2013 revision of the GOLD guidelines, discuss why combining inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with long-acting beta-agonists (LABA) (ICS/LABA) is preferable over LABA alone and review the literature for intraclass differences, finding that the evidence does not clearly support superiority of any particular ICS/LABA. We also address other comparisons against ICS/LABA, including triple therapy. We briefly review which type of inhaler should be chosen. For exacerbations, we report the REDUCE trial findings favouring a 5-day course of systemic steroids, and other trials addressing which steroid and route to use, including in an intensive care setting. Lastly, the future lies in new anti-inflammatories and re-phenotyping the heterogeneous amalgamation of COPD. A Spanish guideline recommends distinguishing steroid-responsive eosinophilic exacerbators from other phenotypes.</p>","PeriodicalId":89672,"journal":{"name":"Current respiratory care reports","volume":"3 ","pages":"121-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s13665-014-0084-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32556835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is the mesenchymal stem cell a new hope for the management of COPD?","authors":"Xiahui Ge, C. Bai","doi":"10.1007/s13665-014-0082-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13665-014-0082-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89672,"journal":{"name":"Current respiratory care reports","volume":"60 1","pages":"112-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s13665-014-0082-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53273776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Personalized medicine in COPD treatment","authors":"N. Shen, B. He","doi":"10.1007/s13665-014-0085-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13665-014-0085-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89672,"journal":{"name":"Current respiratory care reports","volume":"3 1","pages":"133-139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s13665-014-0085-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53274038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lung transplantation for scleroderma-related lung disease","authors":"Claire B Richardson, J. Singer","doi":"10.1007/s13665-014-0080-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13665-014-0080-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89672,"journal":{"name":"Current respiratory care reports","volume":"3 1","pages":"79-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s13665-014-0080-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53273689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Immunosuppression for lung transplant recipients","authors":"G. Snell, M. Paraskeva, B. Levvey, G. Westall","doi":"10.1007/s13665-014-0081-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13665-014-0081-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89672,"journal":{"name":"Current respiratory care reports","volume":"3 1","pages":"88-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s13665-014-0081-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53273729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sleep in intensive care units","authors":"V. Malik, S. Parthasarathy","doi":"10.1007/s13665-014-0077-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13665-014-0077-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89672,"journal":{"name":"Current respiratory care reports","volume":"3 1","pages":"35-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s13665-014-0077-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53273326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parapneumonic effusions: epidemiology and predictors of pleural infection","authors":"S. Finch, J. Chalmers","doi":"10.1007/s13665-014-0074-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13665-014-0074-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89672,"journal":{"name":"Current respiratory care reports","volume":"3 1","pages":"52-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s13665-014-0074-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53272774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Indwelling pleural catheters for benign pleural effusions","authors":"O. Bintcliffe, D. Arnold, N. Maskell","doi":"10.1007/s13665-014-0073-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13665-014-0073-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89672,"journal":{"name":"Current respiratory care reports","volume":"3 1","pages":"61-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s13665-014-0073-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53272707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}