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Beta-bloquants et obstruction bronchique: un si mauvais menage ? |
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| Published in | Revue médicale suisse. 2006, vol. 2, no. 50, p. 285-8 | |
| Abstract | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a frequent medical condition, mainly triggered by smoking. COPD patients often suffer from heart diseases that can benefit from beta-blocker therapy. However, fear from triggering latent bronchospasm, or from worsening it, leads to under-prescription of these agents. Adequate patient selection is, thus, crucial. Prescription of a cardio-selective beta-blocker is not only reasonably safe in stable COPD patients but it is also beneficial in terms of mortality in those patients with comorbid cardiac diseases. Use of beta-blockers is contra-indicated in the case of decompensated COPD with severe bronchospasm or in poorly controlled asthma. In all cases, close clinical and, sometimes, functional monitoring is mandatory. | |
| Keywords | Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/administration & dosage/adverse effects/contraindications — Bronchial Spasm/chemically induced — Forced Expiratory Volume — Heart Diseases/complications/drug therapy/mortality — Humans — Patient Selection — Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/complications/physiopathology — Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic — Survival Analysis | |
| Identifiers | PMID: 16503045 | |
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| Research groups | Groupe Jean-Michel Gaspoz (23) Groupe Perrier Arnaud (Médecine interne générale, de réhabilitation et de gériatrie) (585) | |
| Citation (ISO format) | GROSGURIN, Olivier, BRIA, A, GASPOZ, Jean-Michel. Beta-bloquants et obstruction bronchique: un si mauvais menage ?. In: Revue médicale suisse, 2006, vol. 2, n° 50, p. 285-8. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:34064 |
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