CMDA Journal Club | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Eric Yeager, MD
Travis Neill, PA-C, MMS
Assistant Medical Director - Vivage

References:

• Cedric Daubin, "Procalcitonin algorithm to guide initial antibiotic therapy in acute exacerbations of COPD admitted to the ICU: a randomized multicenter study", Springer, 2018
• Eosinophilic inflammation in COPD: prevalence and clinical characteristics", Agora Research Letters
• Travis Neill, COPD Pearls" PA-C, 8/1/19
• Anthony W Huckle, et. al.,"Prophylactic Antibiotic Use in COPD and the Potential Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Antibiotics", Respiratory Care, May, 2018
• Yaeger, Abx in COPD working document