id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_cmb5a3ntvzalhowblcxqo6o7xy Claus F Vogelmeier Systemic steroids in COPD-the beauty and the beast 2014 2 .pdf application/pdf 1568 144 60 In moderate and severe acute exacerbations oral steroids are advocated based on the findings of several placebo-controlled trials that have been there is evidence that chronic therapy with systemic steroids is one of the risk factors for the high rate of osteoporosis that is observed in COPD [12]. away from the chronic use of systemic steroids in COPD Importantly, discontinuation of chronic systemic steroid therapy did not result in an increase of should be prescribed in a moderate dose (40 mg prednisolone) for 5 days, b) there is no place for systemic steroids in stable phase COPD, c) in patients treated with trial of oral prednisone in outpatients with acute COPD exacerbation. acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the REDUCE steroid-induced myopathy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cite this article as: Vogelmeier: Systemic steroids in COPD-the beauty ./cache/work_cmb5a3ntvzalhowblcxqo6o7xy.pdf ./txt/work_cmb5a3ntvzalhowblcxqo6o7xy.txt