Asthma-COPD overlap and asthma progressing to COPD: Are we using the right diagnostic approaches and pathways?

Respirology. 2024 Sep;29(9):756-758. doi: 10.1111/resp.14731. Epub 2024 May 7.

Authors

Elvis Malcolm Irusen¹, Danica Meiring², Coenraad Frederik Nicolaas Koegelenberg¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University & Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University & Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

PMID: 38712599
DOI: 10.1111/resp.14731

No abstract available

Keywords: asthma‐COPD overlap; persistent airflow limitation.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Asthma* / diagnosis
Asthma* / physiopathology
Disease Progression*
Humans
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / complications
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / diagnosis
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / physiopathology