Should the number of acute exacerbations in the previous year be used to guide treatments in COPD?

Mohsen Sadatsafavi, James McCormack, John Petkau, Larry D. Lynd, Tae Yoon Lee, Don D. Sin

Source: Eur Respir J, 57 (2) 2002122; 10.1183/13993003.02122-2020
Journal Issue: February
Disease area: Airway diseases

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