Does Standard Treatment with an Oral Corticosteroid Course Improve Patients’ Recovery from Exacerbation of COPD or Chronic Bronchitis in Primary Care? A Randomised Study

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Background Treatment of exacerbations of COPD in primary care in the Netherlands is often not in accordance with the Dutch guidelines. In clinical settings, a short course of high-dose systemic corticosteroids results in a more rapid improvement in patient outcome, and a decrease in the rate of clinical relapse.

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2008

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