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Preventing exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and COPD

BMJ 2001; 322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1259 (Published 26 May 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:1259

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases

Exacerbation of chronic bronchitis and COPD is a very common problem
in India and receive high dose of oral corticosteroid.Oral steroids should
only be given to COPD cases having concomitant asthma or when there is
exacerbation.

Competing interests: No competing interests

15 November 2001
S K Agarwal
Head, Department of Chest Diseases, Institute of Medical Sciences,Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi 221 005, India