β-Blockers in COPD
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β-blockers for COPD inpatients.
For clinicians who treat patients with respiratory diseases, the use of β-blockers has, for a long time, posed a dilemma because of the potential risk of bronchospasm and neutralisation of the effectiveness of β-2 agonists. This predicament is particularly challenging for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), many of whom have substantial cardiovascular comorbidity, and in...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Chest
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0012-3692
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.01.008