Metoprolol for the Prevention of Acute Exacerbations of COPD
Author(s) -
Mark T. Dransfield,
Helen Voelker,
Surya P. Bhatt,
Keith Brenner,
Richard Casaburi,
Carolyn E. Come,
John A. Cooper,
Gerard J. Criner,
Jeffrey L. Curtis,
MeiLan K. Han,
Umur Hatipoğlu,
Erika S. Helgeson,
Vipul V. Jain,
Ravi Kalhan,
David A. Kaminsky,
Robert J. Kaner,
Ken M. Kunisaki,
Allison Lambert,
Matthew R. Lammi,
Sarah Lindberg,
Barry J. Make,
Fernando J. Martínez,
Charlene McEvoy,
Ralph J. Panos,
Robert M. Reed,
Paul D. Scanlon,
Frank C. Sciurba,
Anthony Smith,
Peruvemba Sriram,
William W. Stringer,
Jeremy A. Weingarten,
J. Michael Wells,
Elizabeth Westfall,
Stephen C. Lazarus,
John E. Connett
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1908142
Subject(s) - copd , medicine , observational study , pulmonary disease , randomized controlled trial , metoprolol , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine
Observational studies suggest that beta-blockers may reduce the risk of exacerbations and death in patients with moderate or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but these findings have not been confirmed in randomized trials.
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