Search Tag: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

ICU Management

Azithromycin-may-reduce-treatment-failure-in-acute-copd-exacerbations

2019 08 May

Low‐dose azithromycin may reduce treatment failure in patients hospitalised for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This finding is from a multicentre, randomised controlled trial published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.    The antibiotic azithromycin prevents acute exacerbations...Read more